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Review: The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Sep 21, 2010 09:57

by Philippa Gregory

Sequel to The White Queen, reviewed in August 2009

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2010, ***, marriage, philippa gregory, tudors, elizabeth woodville, r2010, richard iii, medieval, historical fiction, 15th century, fiction, house of york, margaret beaufort, house of lancaster, war, edward iv, war of the roses, royalty, anne neville, wales, england

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readergal1004 October 10 2010, 19:37:05 UTC

I agree that she is an unlikable character. I don't know if I would have made it past the first few chapters if I hadn't previously read 'The White Queen'. Ultimately though, I enjoyed the book. It was really interesting to see the story from another point of view. I do think I liked 'The White Queen' better though.

fashion_piranha October 10 2010, 19:43:02 UTC

I'm really curious about the last book in the trilogy, The White Princess. Will it cover many of the same events *again* or will it pick up at the end of the first two books? If it does begin with the Battle of Botsworth, I think The Red Queen will have served well as a "bridge" between the first and last book in the trilogy. If it's yet another re-hash of the same events, though, I'll be disappointed.

readergal1004 October 10 2010, 20:03:36 UTC

Me too, I really hope it continues the story. I think it will. I think she did a little something like that with the Tudor series. I don't know that there was a complete rehashing, but there were books that overlapped. I definitely hope it is a continuation though, I don't want to read the same story from another POV again :-)

ext_120059 October 13 2010, 13:42:28 UTC

She was definitely unlikeable, but for some reason that didn't stop me from really enjoyed this novel. Usually I have to like, or at least feel some sympathy for, the main character in a book to like it but that wasn't the case here.

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