Three Sisters Three Queens Philippa Gregory 9781471133039 Books
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Three Sisters Three Queens Philippa Gregory 9781471133039 Books
I was expecting a book that would really delve into the lives of the three queens and instead got a book strictly from Margaret Tudor's petty, spoiled, mean, vindictive, childish, and self important "woe is me" view. The only time the reader gets any look into the other lives is when we are shown letters from either of the other two queens and then Margaret cackles in glee over their misfortunes. Although it was very difficult to read a book with such a repugnant protagonist I was hoping that it would get better and she would have some character growth but then it just abruptly ended.Product details
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Three Sisters Three Queens Philippa Gregory 9781471133039 Books Reviews
This is the worst Philippa Gregory book I have ever read. It was so monotonous and repetitive I gritted my teeth to finish it. Her writing is clunky and did I say repetitive?
As an avid Philippa Gregory reader, I have read everything she has published. I love the Wideacre trilogy and even find delight in the outlier novels such as "The Wise Woman" and "Fallen Skies". This current novel, however, has none of the magic of "Taming of the Queen" or the "White Queen" series. Instead of creating a vivid Scottish world, Gregory has given us a fairly two dimensional heroine who's obsessive desire to best her sisters drives every decision. Margaret Tudor spends most of the novel reciting epic battles and whining. We are not given any of the rich detail of Gregory's previous novels nor do we feel very strongly for Margaret. There is little story telling and lots of listing of events. Margaret's world just happens around her and we as the reader are not part of it. She is a petulant woman child and her story is incredibly reminiscent of her granddaughter's life. I found myself waiting for the book to be over. Gregory had the chance to recreate the magic she had done with Katherine Parr but fell incredibly flat. I still love Gregory but will not be rereading "Three Sisters" anytime soon.
Consider this a 3.5 review, rather than 4. The insights into Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (who will eventually be grandmother to Mary, Queen of Scots, and great grandmother--on both sides--to James VI of Scotland and James I of England) were fascinating! I'm so grateful to Gregory for capturing these stories and telling us about the women who made history happen. Two things lessened my enjoyment, and the main one was Margaret herself. She is not a very likeable narrator. Her selfishness and one-upmanship with her sister-in-law Katherine of Aragon, and her younger sister Mary, were exhaustingly annoying. This particularly saddened me, because of what an apparently gentle and loving mother she had in Elizabeth of York. Her husband, King James V of Scotland, seemed especially kind and patient in light of Margaret's continual focus on how much more or less she had than her sisters. Once she began to truly focus on her adopted country of Scotland, later in the book, she became more likeable, but even then, she made some truly foolish decisions based on her self-centered values. My other issue was that, despite the title, this really is Margaret's story. She spends a great deal of time wanting to be better and wealthier and more loved than Katherine and Mary. But their stories are given to us mostly through brief encounters and their letters to her. I had hoped to get more of Mary's romance with Charles Brandon, but Mary's letters are so very materialistic (amusingly so) that we really don't get to appreciate it. Margaret's narration makes some effort to link the theme back to the book's title, to note that her relationship with her "sisters" is far more important in her life than her relationship to her brother Henry VIII or her Scottish king(s). But because it's not an especially loving relationship, and they see each other so rarely, the title strikes me as misleading. Still, it was a enjoyable read. I did not mind what others are calling the lack of an ending -- unless the book ends with the character dying, there will be some dangling threads (and even then!) Do not expect to love Margaret, and hopefully you will enjoy the book too.
I was expecting a book that would really delve into the lives of the three queens and instead got a book strictly from Margaret Tudor's petty, spoiled, mean, vindictive, childish, and self important "woe is me" view. The only time the reader gets any look into the other lives is when we are shown letters from either of the other two queens and then Margaret cackles in glee over their misfortunes. Although it was very difficult to read a book with such a repugnant protagonist I was hoping that it would get better and she would have some character growth but then it just abruptly ended.
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