tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post1768509042391276341..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Book review: The White Princess, by Philippa GregorySarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-84632888494217220792013-09-19T16:30:40.397-05:002013-09-19T16:30:40.397-05:00Yes, you are correct, the Tudor Rose is red with a...Yes, you are correct, the Tudor Rose is red with a white center, and it was supposed to represent the children they had as a combining of both houses into one, to end division. <br />Ouch, that much explanation of who everyone is and what titles they have has always seemed insulting to me. I can keep them straight, and there's usually a genealogy table in these books for those who can't. I get that there are only a handful of names for the vast amount of people, but just using a title was usually enough (calling Henry Tudor, for example, "Richmond" so you know who he is, prior to being king, since the surname Tudor was not used in his lifetime).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323830257321971347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-12364358788752954912013-08-06T19:15:46.067-05:002013-08-06T19:15:46.067-05:00I gave up on PG after her character continued to s...I gave up on PG after her character continued to say "I'm Joan of arc" Joan of arc...Joan of Arc. She does repeat herself too much and I'm surprised her editors let her get away with it. But her books sell I guess so it doesn't matter. still, I'd rather read something else.<br /><br />--GinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-58008116866372444862013-08-05T15:23:50.760-05:002013-08-05T15:23:50.760-05:00HAHAHAHAHA! These comments express my feelings ex...HAHAHAHAHA! These comments express my feelings exactly!! <br /><br />Sarah OLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-80207354988102544472013-08-05T13:44:06.665-05:002013-08-05T13:44:06.665-05:00Yes. Repetitive language is a deal-breaker.Yes. Repetitive language is a deal-breaker.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-48657364925287046282013-08-05T11:08:10.540-05:002013-08-05T11:08:10.540-05:00If there was a drinking game where you took a shot...If there was a drinking game where you took a shot every time Elizabeth repeated a question you would have been drunk by chapter 2.<br /><br />Drove me CRAZY!brokenteepeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907414560986208401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-45545475988580545862013-08-05T11:00:17.489-05:002013-08-05T11:00:17.489-05:00I've always been puzzled by the switch in styl...I've always been puzzled by the switch in style, since her early novels weren't so repetitious and didn't have the "As you know, Bob" statements. At least not that I noticed. It's been a while.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-86706319239657118822013-08-05T10:42:06.358-05:002013-08-05T10:42:06.358-05:00"As you may remember from five pages ago, Eli..."As you may remember from five pages ago, Elizabeth of York, you're the oldest daughter of Edward IV, were in love with your uncle Richard III who died at Bosworth in 1485, and now you're re-re-re-betrothed to Henry Tudor, son of Margaret Beaufort, who's now married to William Stanley. But you also remember that you had two brothers, one of whom you helped smuggle out of sanctuary...Elizabeth? Elizabeth? Get back here, I haven't finished the recap yet -- !"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-75699603665069653152013-08-05T10:30:39.483-05:002013-08-05T10:30:39.483-05:00Gregory not only repeats language and descriptions...Gregory not only repeats language and descriptions, but plot turns and points. I find myself as a reader resenting this so much, concluding the writer is a lazy writer, and thus have quit reading the author's books.<br />Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-52751053585721473042013-08-05T09:02:56.792-05:002013-08-05T09:02:56.792-05:00I just love it when the characters in her books ex...I just love it when the characters in her books explain to each other exactly who they're talking about in a conversation: "Elizabeth, your uncle, Richard III, left you his second-best helmet. His best helmet is to be buried with Anne Neville, the daughter of the Earl of Warwick and Richard's first wife and mother of his only son, Edward."<br /><br />And I may be wrong -- but isn't/wasn't the Tudor Rose RED with a WHITE center, not the other way around?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com