Wideacre : A Novel
by Philippa Gregory
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Author: Philippa GregoryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-02
ISBN: 0743249291
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Review: "Shocking" yet surprisingly dull
Summary: 3 Stars
While sharing many themes with "The Other Boleyn Girl," a book I thoroughly enjoyed, "Wideacre" lacks the sweep of historical events to pull it along. It strands its all-powerful heroine and her weak and dependents on the title estate and repeats the same cycle--a manipulative act, a crisis that risks exposure, a quick-thinking cover-up--over and over as the novel ploughs through 500 pages to its inevitable conclusion. Worse, she removes the heroine's only real adversary early in the action and doesn't bring him back until the bitter end. For a novel set in an era when conversation and language were so important, there is surprisingly little dialogue; Ms. Gregory fills the pages instead with repetitious, purple passages about the Power of the Land and the heroine's indestructible loveliness. I look forward to reading her other books, but will skip the sequels as they promise more of the same.
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