I truely am a fan, however, am feeling a little guilty. Rae July 2nd, 2018 at 10:01 AM . Julia's trance-like dreams, which unite her to the dead Beatrice and hint at the past's dark secrets, enable her to save Acre village from disaster.
I wasn't quite so keen on this one. Big deal. It truly brought real emotion to the reader. ), I just couldn't seem to get on Julia's side. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. I thought it was time to pick up another Philippa Gregory book. Doesn't quite grab you like the first one.
Be forewarned, though: because of its dark themes, it is not for everyone. The story of the Lacey squires of Wideacre continues, and it's just as dark and compelling as it ever was.This is book 2 in a 3 part trilogy. He doesn't seem very charming to me. They may be the artistic one among athletes, an introvert among extroverts, the emotional one among the unemotional. Oh yeah, she had even more opportunity before the rape to tell her parents how her brother/cousin was sabotaging her engagement to a wonderful man. While appalled at what I was reading, couldn't put it down. This impassioned sequel to the page-turning Wideacre carries the fortunes of the Lacey family, now decaying country gentry, into the late 18th century. So it's "garbage." Then to hide his perversion (oh yea, they are brother and sister), he kills her best friend...and the adults acting as their parents. This trilogy owns me hook, line, and sinker. She is rotten bad.
I truely am a fan, however, am feeling a little guilty. Enthralling, compelling, and torturous, after about the first fifty pages it takes off and never stops. You feel so much for the characters. Big deal. *headdesk headdesk headdesk* Fuck it, I'm not rewriting it. Some women don't. The first book in this trilogy (Wideacre), was just so intense that I actually had to read a couple of other books in between before I was ready to continue on.
I'm hoping there is finally a happy ending!
This book has been my least favorite of all the books I have read of hers, because, the protagonist-Julia Lacey- is such a complete wuss that she allows her entire world to crumble and become ruined until finally at the very last moment does she stand up for herself. Phillippa Gregory is a goddess! I didn't get that connection with the characters in this book. Rich with rural English scenes--the hovels of the poor whom Julia aids, the fields she manages, the woods where she races her beloved horse--Gregory's galloping plot leads to a savage but satisfying conclusion that piques anticipation for the trilogy's conclusion.
Welcome back. But I greatly enjoyed the beautiful descriptions of Wideacre. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of But by the time she finds her backbone, Richard has ruined her life irreversibly...and she just sits idly by and lets him do it. Or is that giving the change of heart too much literary credit? When she was depressed, I was depressed. Equal claimants to the estate, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Plus, I didn't connect with the characters in the same way. I'm excited to see what the final book in the trilogy brings. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. Whopping story, though, in a pervy kind of way.OMG, I just overwrote my review for this one with ANOTHER review. It's not THAT hard to figure out what it's alluding to and basically gives up the entire ending! Well in a surprise to no one, as he has tested how far she will let him push it his whole life and learns that she will protect him no matter the cost to herself or others, he rapes her violently, breaking her wrist. They want action, short and simple sentences, and lots of drama. not knowing this book was part of a series...I went back to read wideacre and meridon. Beatrice was evil and she was doing evil things to Acre. When, as a teenager, Julia begins to demonstrate a talent for working with the land and its inhabitants, Richard grows resentful. As Julia is 'sweet' and generous with her naive love, she never tells on her brother when he behaves terribly, abuses her physically. I would give it ten stars if I could. Putting that aside, it is quite high in drama and tells the story of 2 young children who think they are cousins, promise to marry each other (but are forbidden by their "parents") & both in line as equal inheritants to the Wideacre estate. I read everything by Phillipa Gregory.I read the book when it was first printed.
In this groundbreaking book, she describes in intimate detail how being the favorite child can confer both great advantages and also significant emotional handicaps.While many of Dr. Libby's clients are successful because of their favorite-child status―they have been brought up to believe that they can do anything and are unafraid of challenges― they suffer from an array of personality problems. This is a perfect quote, in my mind she is just as guilty as he is. Right off the bat I was annoyed at her for not standing up for herself to Richard - a theme which continued throughout the entire book.
The only time I really liked her was the few months she spent in the city and met James.
Loved it. Doubleday Book Club main selection.
Ms. Gregory has a theme of incest in the first and now the second book, thus my guilt. That made her relatable for me, meaning that even when she did some horrific things I would never approve of, I didn't stop liking her as a character. You need to push yourself through the first few chapters but it is worth the effort, it all pays out in the end with a big finish.
This book took a bit for me to get into at first. This family has more bad karma than Oedipus.
Everything that takes place is somehow born of the twisted happenings in Gregory fans, highbrow historical bodice rippers fansHee-hee.
Richard rules Julia completely their entire life. I loved this. Enthralling, compelling, and torturous, after about the first fifty pages it takes off and never stops.