tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post982383164258061864..comments2023-10-10T03:58:32.375-07:00Comments on Fingers & Prose: Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-60397508878976055182010-10-16T18:32:27.037-07:002010-10-16T18:32:27.037-07:00Margaret--thanks for linking your review. I love ...Margaret--thanks for linking your review. I love how you said that your knowledge of the time period before reading Wolf Hall "all seemed secondhand." I felt the same way, that I was reading historical fiction for the first time...or rather that it was more than fiction, more than nonfiction, you were just <i>there</i>.<br /><br />Girl Detective--I've been thinking the same thing: I really don't think this is a book I could recommend to people. It was a great look at Cromwell, though, wasn't it? Too bad it isn't a bit more digestible.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-73419573504632245512010-10-16T16:32:25.159-07:002010-10-16T16:32:25.159-07:00I had many of the same reactions. I don't reco...I had many of the same reactions. I don't recommend it to people though--I've only yet met one friend who loved it. Most others like it with reservations, which is a hard sell. Fascinating portrait, and more important to those who were taught Cromwell was a bad guy. (So kind of like a really long, densely charactered Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.)Girl Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348689834879722062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-70531823792750823692010-10-16T01:05:26.158-07:002010-10-16T01:05:26.158-07:00You thought much along the same lines as me.
Afte...You thought much along the same lines as me.<br /><br />After a tricky start (I stopped reading it and then went back again later on) I loved this book. My review is <a href="http://www.booksplease.org/2010/05/24/wolf-hall-by-hilary-mantel-final-thoughts/" rel="nofollow">here.</a>Margaret @ BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-30004510253403764272010-10-14T08:03:32.935-07:002010-10-14T08:03:32.935-07:00Erin--I agree that you need to be read to invest i...Erin--I agree that you need to be read to invest in a book before deciding to read it. Otherwise it'll be a pain!<br /><br />Matt--Because it wasn't difficult to read I think I was surprised at how much effort I had to put into it. War and Peace was much easier to digest!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-48496361169113127502010-10-13T16:37:07.958-07:002010-10-13T16:37:07.958-07:00The book does take a lot out of my brain. It's...The book does take a lot out of my brain. It's not difficult to read but I just have to put it down because I cannot process any more of the complexity. It's not meant to be rushed. I go by small installment and that is why it's still on my current reading pile. On a side note: I read Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost--it deals with the same historical period. After that book I know I really have to take my time with Wolf Hall.Matthttp://mattviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-11018290866414407752010-10-13T08:43:28.098-07:002010-10-13T08:43:28.098-07:00I started Wolf Hall but didn't get too far bef...I started Wolf Hall but didn't get too far before the library needed it back for the next person on the hold list. I recently got my own copy, but I haven't been in the mood for a book that will require such an investment!<br /><br />I do remember, from what I did read, the use of "he" being a little confusing.<br /><br />I'll definitely read this eventually...just not yet :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com