Title: Just plain unlikeable
Product review: I've read several of Phillipa Gregory's books, inlcuding the Constant Princess and the Other Boleyn Girl. I thought this book was a giant disappointment. It lacks the pace of the others and as another reader remarked, it doesn't have a single likeable character. Ms. Gregory focuses a lot on telling readers what a stud Dudley is and what a conniving, weak and ignorant girl Elizabeth is. Also, poor Amy Dudley...what a sad woman. But not enough backstory to really understand her. The closest to sympathy I had for any character was Cecil who was oiften so fed up with Dudley and Elizabeth that he wished he could escape them all. Me too, Cecil, me too.
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