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A review by mallaidhsomo
The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson
3.0
I have a weird fascination with historical families. I could care less about the modern day royals and what they're up to, but the Tudors.....
As for this book.... Not bad. Not great either. Carolly Erickson is kind of hit/miss for me with her historical fiction. You can never really know what a historical figure was actually like, and I realize that some liberties have to be taken, but in my head there was a different version of Catherine Parr than Erickson portrayed... at least at the end.
I always pictured Catherine Parr as a level headed, shrewd woman who did what she needed to do to survive. And she was that. But she also came across as a lovesick fool, and it was obvious to the reader that Tom Seymore was a giant peaturkey who was just using Catherine for her position and money. For some reason, Catherine fell for it, up until the bitter end. It made the ending more depressing than it needed to be.
As for this book.... Not bad. Not great either. Carolly Erickson is kind of hit/miss for me with her historical fiction. You can never really know what a historical figure was actually like, and I realize that some liberties have to be taken, but in my head there was a different version of Catherine Parr than Erickson portrayed... at least at the end.
I always pictured Catherine Parr as a level headed, shrewd woman who did what she needed to do to survive. And she was that. But she also came across as a lovesick fool, and it was obvious to the reader that Tom Seymore was a giant peaturkey who was just using Catherine for her position and money. For some reason, Catherine fell for it, up until the bitter end. It made the ending more depressing than it needed to be.