It was no "Other Bolyen Girl"

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	• The Boleyn Inheritance (Boleyn) Philippa Gregory Touchstone Books, 2007 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 163 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

What an incredible story!

Great book! It's amazing when you actually realize that this is based on King Henry VIII's kingdom. I loved each character and how they related to each other. I am addicted to Phillippa Gregory's writing!

Comment on Audio Version

As far as the contents of the book, I am unable to say anything better than those before me have already said.

However, I would like to mention the audio version. This is one of the 1st audio books that actually had different people speak the different parts, and it was great. Each character is represented by a person who matches that personality "to the T."

I found the story so compelling, and with the various voices almost got swept away to the rooms in court. For anyone who listens to audio books, I would recommend it highly.

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Should be movie also

I could hardly put this book down. If only our history books had been written like this I would have really enjoyed history instead of hating it.

It was no "Other Bolyen Girl"

The book was a compelling historical read, but the characters did not grasp me like the Mary and Anne Bolyen from the previous novel. I feel that the jumpiness that came from the switching of point of view made it hard for me to relate to anyone character. I realize that Gregory is just playing with history, but the events depicted seemed disjointed with the factual events she included, especially in the end of the novel. I feel that this book was just okay when compared to other books of hers that I have read.

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Disappointing

I loved the Other Boleyn Girl, so I was excited about picking up this sequel. Although it was readable and I enjoyed bits here and there, like a few other reviewers, I found the book INCREDIBLY repetitive. Jane's sections were the worst with the "how I loved George...no, I must not think of it." Over and over and over again. And after TOBG, I couldn't buy Jane as someone mournful of George and Anne. Anne of Cleves was generally dull and repetitive (although not as bad as the other two). I found Kitty Howard's sections the most amusing because she had a unique "voice" and some of her stupidity made me laugh, but even she was insanely repetitive ("the king is fat," "the king stinks," over and over and over again).

It wasn't a good book or a bad book, it just wasn't anywhere near as good as the Other Boleyn Girl.

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