{"id":591,"date":"2013-02-11T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2013-02-11T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T15:56:15","slug":"wolf-hall-review-on-goodreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/wolf-hall-review-on-goodreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Hall– review on Goodreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wolf<\/a>Wolf Hall<\/a> by Hilary Mantel<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s folly to compare one writer to another, usually, but then, usually, I\u2019m something of a fool. Hilary Mantel\u2019s writing is just so absorbing, so engaging, she reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in that respect. Stylistically they\u2019re nothing alike. And yet, if you told me that, in my retirement, I\u2019d just sit around in lounge chairs sipping tea and reading Mantel and Marquez, I\u2019d wonder what I done right in life to earn that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d already read Bring Up the Bodies<\/em>, the sequel to Wolf Hall<\/em>, before reading Wolf Hall<\/em> itself . I\u2019d read the one because it was on the Booker Prize longlist for 2012 (then it made the shortlist and then it won). Wolf Hall<\/em> also won, in 2009, and I\u2019d enjoyed Bring<\/em> so much, catching up with Wolf Hall<\/em> was a no-brainer; nor did it disappoint.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s interesting to read a book and to know, ahead of time, how it will end. Doubly true here, as these are historical novels, and knowing history is as easy as looking things up on Wikipedia. Which I did, often, as, with my reading of Bring<\/em>, I was nearly overwhelmed with the multitude of characters.<\/p>\n

Knowing the ending, of course, isn\u2019t the same as knowing the plot, so there\u2019s still plenty of intrigue to be had in Wolf Hall<\/em>. And now that I\u2019ve finished it, I can make good on my intention to re-read Bring Up The Bodies<\/em>. And then, when Mantel writes the promised third in the series, I\u2019ll be that much more prepared. And I am very certain that as excellent a read as these books are, being less of a fool myself will make them that much better.<\/p>\n

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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel My rating: 4 of 5 stars It\u2019s folly to compare one writer to another, usually, but then, usually, I\u2019m something of a fool. Hilary Mantel\u2019s writing is just so absorbing, so engaging, she reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in that respect. Stylistically they\u2019re nothing alike. And yet, if you … <\/p>\n

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