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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

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skimsdmb's review against another edition

2.0

A thorough telling of Henry VIII's courtship of Anne Boleyn told through the perspective of Thomas Cromwell. Way too hard to understand without background knowledge of the Tudor Dynasty.

snowdodo's review against another edition

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1.0

Life is too short to waste time on poorly written books. I could not get into this.

On to the next!

emmaje01's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

maia2011's review against another edition

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adventurous informative medium-paced

4.5

bluedijon's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely astounding. The care with which Mantel treats her characters, and the deftness with which she creates full, lively, three-dimensional humans with such concise prose is just phenomenal. It's a story we've heard a lot, but her focus on the daily, everyday experiences of Cromwell and both humanizing and illustrating how easy it is to slip into a path from which you have no way out is just so impressive. Like a breath of fresh air, which is shocking given how dense you would imagine the book to be.