A review by irine_elle
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie
1.5
I cannot get over the fact that the writing is atrocious.
If you think this book is gonna be told similarly to a fairytale you are mistaken this is history manual 101.
Tell me the story like a fairytale with murder, please!!!
Thank god it was over!
I felt like an editor reading this. Someone should've said "Let's just keep the essentials!".
If I was a beta reader I would've said "Cut the crap!" which is like 60% of the book.
Take a shot when you read a story of a princess who was "behaving badly" simply because she wanted a divorce. Take a shot every time a princess dared to have a side-piece. Having a mistress, as a king, was so common that if you would take a shot when it's mentioned in this book you would die of alcohol poisoning.
Keep the interesting stories in and maybe 1 or 2 of those that feel the exact same. I remember two princesses and I just finished the book. Ask me tomorrow and I might not even remember those.
While still on the editor rant... Can the author please stick to a narration style? It stars with "we, my, our" then goes to "she, her" and then back to "our" constantly.
If you think this book is gonna be told similarly to a fairytale you are mistaken this is history manual 101.
Tell me the story like a fairytale with murder, please!!!
Thank god it was over!
I felt like an editor reading this. Someone should've said "Let's just keep the essentials!".
If I was a beta reader I would've said "Cut the crap!" which is like 60% of the book.
Take a shot when you read a story of a princess who was "behaving badly" simply because she wanted a divorce. Take a shot every time a princess dared to have a side-piece. Having a mistress, as a king, was so common that if you would take a shot when it's mentioned in this book you would die of alcohol poisoning.
Keep the interesting stories in and maybe 1 or 2 of those that feel the exact same. I remember two princesses and I just finished the book. Ask me tomorrow and I might not even remember those.
While still on the editor rant... Can the author please stick to a narration style? It stars with "we, my, our" then goes to "she, her" and then back to "our" constantly.