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April & May 2020 - The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel
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Mar 12, 2020 01:15PM
April's Group Read is the third volume of Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Cromwell, The Mirror & the Light. It is just published, and hotly awaited, so should be widely available in bookstores and libraries.
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This is such a long novel I've decided to extend this group read to two months.
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "This is such a long novel I've decided to extend this group read to two months." Excellent idea! Started it last night...
Thank you Susanna, thats a good idea! I started it today.
It's supposedly in the mail to my hot hands. Much anticipated.
shame that libraries are closed due to covid.
Long live library ebook sections.
Finally finished it last night! What a journey. I didn't struggle at all with the 1st two books. Initially I was captivated as I expected, savoring all the machinations & details. But this was so long, I found myself reading ahead to the action parts just to keep my interest from flagging, and those were given short shrift IMO (e.g. Jane's baby, the Pilgrimage of Grace). Halfway I decided to give up, something I never do. But a couple days later I resumed from the halfway point and my immersion thankfully returned. The end was fabulous, I lingered over every word. I do think it would've been a stronger book with some judicious (liberal?!) editing, so I only gave this one a 4 out of 5 stars. I will miss Thomas Cromwell!
Awesome - glad you enjoyed it, Mary Elise.
I finished it two days ago. I didn't like the writing style in the first two books but it must have grown on me as I wasn't too much bothered by the numerous "he, Cromwell"s in this third book. In the end I enjoyed it very much. I found it very interesting.
