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informative
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Saying this book is slow paced doesn't suffice, it is glacially slow. I have never been bored bu this author before and it's surprising given the subject mattet. It might be more engaging to someone more interested in Shakespeare. It's an interesting immersion in Elizabethan England small town life but it contains one of my least favourite tropes - when the female main character in a historical novel (and it's always a female character) has unaccountably modern attitudes, morals and beliefs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Infidelity