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Unbelievable rubbish - Rated
This book is an insult to our intelligence. I think Phillipa Gregory was having a laugh when she wrote this, maybe an experiment to see if she could sell books on her past recognition. I tossed it in the garbage half way through and will be wary to buy any more of her novels. I thoroughly enjoyed many of her other books, but this one is a load of rubbish.
Not one of Gregory's best - Rated
Having read nearly all of Philippa Gregory's Tudor novels (and enjoying them) I was expecting the same sort of standard from this book.
Unfortunately the plot revolves around an unlikeable heroine and the story seems to not quite conclude. Overall very disappointing.
Excellent read - I couldn't put it down. - Rated
I read this book in 3 afternoons - it was captivating from the very first page. Although the very end is a little abrupt the story is full of rich detail and the plot twists and turns unexpectedly, it keeps you hooked right to the end.
It does have some explicit sex scenes which are suited to the plot but makes it unreadable for a younger audience.
The whole story is full of conniving intrigue and is magical and mysterious.
I would highly reccomend this book to others. This was my first read of Philippa Gregory but I now want to read all of her novels!
grerat, glad I wasn't put off my negative reviews.... - Rated
As a real Gregory fan, I wasn't sure about this book but the subject matter interested me and I'd read all the tudor novels and felt I ought to branch out! Anyway, this was really fascinating... again I was right into the period straight away and also could see how close herbalism and wirtchcraft must have been perceived in those days...
I usually identify with Gregory's central characters and it was refreshing this time to actually dislike Alys for her ruthless selfishness and total disloyalty to those who loved her, along with her her blind devotion to the very man who had been responsible for destroying the nunnery and the kindly nuns who had taken her in and given her a home.
But it is very believeable - then as now - people can be like that and although we may dislike them (as with the main character in Suskind's Perfume) we can still be interested in their stories and their lives.
The witchcraft is all very far fetched but sometimes it is intersting to go outside your own worldview and try to see how others perceive things.
And without spoiling the story - it's clear from what happens to her, that Gregory is not sayimng that witchcraft and dirty tricks, however they were perpetrated, were a good thing.
I wouldn't suggest it as the first novel to read by PG but if you've read several of the others, then this is a jolly good book to get lost in...
the wise woman - Rated
This was a real disappointment. Having read and loved Gregory's Tudor novels, I expected more of the same. However, the plot revolves around self-obsessed, unlikeable characters in a disturbing plot line. By the end I was left wondering what the point was.
