A review by baking_muffins
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

wow, fuck men!
while I didn't fall in love with the characters straight away, I did fall in love with Gregory's writing from the first page. I knew nothing of the time of the English civil war, but this story contained everything I needed to know. The book was so well researched, right down to the customs of the townspeople and the mannerisms of those living on the southern English coast at the time.

However, one thing that did bug me was that
the byline on the book says "a king beheaded"; that doesn't happen until page 349.


The strength of the female characters really carried this book, even if the plot was very slow.
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