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| Value for Money | 8.8/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 8.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9/10  |
Full review by
Nandini
on 27th Mar 2008
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Good Points: My favourite period of history novelised. A fascinating time, interesting to see it taken down to a subjective perspective in opposition to the objectivity of history books. Well written, good empathy created with main characters.
Bad Points: Speculation on history can cause frustrations with things you have read/heard/believed before.
General comments: Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is about my favourite period of history novelised. A fascinating time, interesting to see it taken down to a subjective perspective in opposition to the objectivity of history books.
Well written, good empathy created with main characters.
Phillipa Gregory should never have allowed them to make a film with her book's title that was so starkly different and unhistoric! The book was much better than the film!
Nandini's review and ratings | 122 words
Review by
SuffolkShopper
on 18th Jan 2008
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Phillipa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is very readable. Definitely a good novel to tuck in your bag for your next holiday. Although not entirely historically factual in places, its a great insight into how life might have been in Henry III's court. I loved the characters and their webs of deceit vying for royal attention and approval.
SuffolkShopper's full review | 58 words
Review by
223b3yrs
on 15th Aug 2006
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I liked The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. It was very well written, and the authentic word choice and style was what really drew me in.
I think that she made Anne Boleyn a tad too cold and calculating, and that she had very little feelings of the heart, but it was a good read and I enjoyed reading it.
223b3yrs's full review | 61 words
Review by
cheesefish
on 19th Jun 2005
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Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl was the best book I ever read, until I read the second one in that trilogy! It was a real page turner!
cheesefish's full review | 46 words | 1 comment added.
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