debwriter's review
3.0
This book commands a response rather than a review. As a newcomer to the appreciation of the monarchy, I tread lightly as I cannot imagine the experiences recorded in the pages of this book. Some I knew, many I didn't. The reader's companion that stayed with me throughout the nearly 400 pages was the overwhelming sense of the vast difference between perception and reality and how often one is mistaken for the other. And the resulting fallout. I suppose in one sense as with any public role one puts oneself out there for the private sector to judge. But the readiness of people to judge without charity as the first response is difficult to read about page after page. There was much of that in the life of Diana and ultimately in the lives of her sons as we're all aware these days. This is a heartbreaking book to read. That said, I did sense a particular personal appreciation of Diana by Patterson and Mooney. Without that, I don't think I could have finished this book.
amandadglaze's review
4.0
For lovers of the show The Crown, the royal family and all things Princess Diana you will love this.
msgabbythelibrarian's review
3.0
I'm not fully sure what I was expecting upon completion of this book.....but this kind of, sort of, wasn't it.
I didn't learn anything new or groundbreaking (maybe because I am a Royal family NERD to the upteenth power). The "chapters" are really about a page and a half. And while it reads conversational in town, it feels like it is badly written (but I don't expect anything different from James Patterson)
I want a look into the Royal Family NOW...you know the whole Cambridge and Sussex family drama. Also, I really would like to know if Queen Elizabeth defrosted towards Camilla before she died. How do the boys (mostly William) feel about her? I mean, this book does hit on the fact that Diana wasn't the saint we have viewed her to be. She had her own roving eye as it were.
It is heartbreaking how she passed. And how the boys relationship has grown COLD over the years. But again, that was not brought up as I wanted. =/
I didn't learn anything new or groundbreaking (maybe because I am a Royal family NERD to the upteenth power). The "chapters" are really about a page and a half. And while it reads conversational in town, it feels like it is badly written (but I don't expect anything different from James Patterson)
I want a look into the Royal Family NOW...you know the whole Cambridge and Sussex family drama. Also, I really would like to know if Queen Elizabeth defrosted towards Camilla before she died. How do the boys (mostly William) feel about her? I mean, this book does hit on the fact that Diana wasn't the saint we have viewed her to be. She had her own roving eye as it were.
It is heartbreaking how she passed. And how the boys relationship has grown COLD over the years. But again, that was not brought up as I wanted. =/
easta98's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
3.0