Thursday, March 31, 2011
Let's take a break from the England travel posts, shall we? :) Warning: Disappointment ahead! School's starting
next week,
so I'm trying to enjoy my last week of.. ..
Sleeping. Haha
I'm gonna have Law next semester,
so I'm
not looking forward to it.
But I guess it has to be done.
On the bright side,
it's my
last semester!
Then bye to studies for a year,
and
Hello Brazil! :D
Ever since
The White Queen,
I got to know of a particular catergory of books,
being
Historical fiction.
It's an interesting take on history,
and I
loved the White Queen.
Elizabeth Woodville,
was absolutely charming. I thought all queens were supposed to be,
that's why I'm mentioning it only now,
because it turns out,
they aren't. Or at least, Philippa Gregory doesn't portray them that way.
Credits to http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/philippa-gregory/other-boleyn-girl.htm After visiting the Tower of London,
I decided to get The Other Boleyn Girl and The Red Queen,
because.. I thought that they would be fantastic.
I guess it's because
The Other Boleyn Girl was supposed to be critically acclaimed.
Well, I don't know how to put this.
I found it kinda boring, yet I couldn't put it down. I found Anne Boleyn treacherous, yet Mary Boleyn made me want to keep on reading. But I guess with historical fiction,
one can't write it the way one would have liked it to end.
So then I decided to get
The Other Boleyn Girl.
[
the movie edition]
Credits to http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/the_other_boleyn_girl_2008.htm Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn, Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn, and.. Eric Bana as Henry VIII. I haven't actually watched it,
but from the looks of the summary,
it's a different portrayal, I guess.
Hopefully it's good.
But my greatest disappointment is
The Red Queen.
Credits to http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2010/08/19/the-red-queen-by-philippa-gregory/ Judging by the
first 100 pages or so of the book,
as compared to the other books,
yes it's boring, but also yes, I can put it down. I rarely find books boring.
And it's not really Philippa Gregory's fault.
Because if she was accurate enough,
then it's really
Margeret Beaufort's character at fault.
She's just so..
Boring.
But the thing that's really cringe-worthy?
[
And Elizabeth Woodville of The White Queen best phrases it]
"Pompous" is the word for Margeret. However.. [
Disclaimer time]
I'm not pinpointing the actual people,
since there are always
different POVs at any point in time,
and Philippa Gregory offered up just one of many.
I'm still quite disappointed though.
But with every disappointing book,
I always read till the last page because, there's always a chance of salvation. :)
