Negative Positive
Title: An Airplane Read - not for serious readers
Review: There is an unfortunate trend towards the quasi-historical in popular novels today, and some rather terrible books get written in order to cash in on it. The Other Bolyn Girl is one of these books - it could have been better, it could have been *great* - but it was damaged by lack of research, childish writing, and the author's obvious purpose to cater to bored housewives and sex-crazed sorority sisters. If you're looking for serious fictionalized history, this is not the place to get it. You'll be disappointed. But if you need something to read on an 8-hour trans-Atlantic flight, then perhaps it's almost readable.
Is the review positive or negative? 