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Title: Meridon by Philippa Gregory ISBN: 0-7432-4931-3 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Very Disappointing
Comment: Although I did not read the first two books in the Lacey trilogy, I had high hopes for "Meridon", as I thought Gregory's storytelling in "The Queen's Fool" is excellent. But "Meridon" is a great disappointment. The story starts out with a very interesting premise - with Meridon as a traveling Rom, or gypsy. However, her dreams of "Wide" are not flushed out completely - they don't really have a coherent place. The book starts going downhill immediately after 'the accident,' (I don't want to give too much of the story away). But after that, it seems to me that Gregory makes events happen just just for the sake of them happening without really flushing out the reasons why. Meridon jumps from being Meridon to being Sarah in too short a time, Wideacre accepts Meridon as Sarah too quickly. The ending is even more indicative of this disjointed piecing together of events - I didn't get a sense of Meridon's growth as a character at all. I was extremely disappointed with this book, but because I did really enjoy "The Queen's Fool," I will give Gregory another chance and read "The Other Boleyn Girl."
Rating: 5
Summary: a rare treasure
Comment: books writen like this one inspire me to read more often.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful finish
Comment: Having read the first two novels in this trilogy, I was not quite sure what to expect from this one. While the first two novels emphasize the growth of Beatrice and Julia on Wideacre, Meridon spends the majority of this book away from her land, having grown up without any knowledge of her roots.
Yet, despite the fact that Wideacre as a place appears in this book relatively infrequently, Wideacre as a representative of the class struggle comes out much more strongly in this novel than the two previous ones. Meridon herself has lived on both sides of the track, and her unique experience gives her a completely different viewpoint from either of the two previous Laceys. Through the use of interesting side characters who each in their own way are struggling with money (the pursuit of it, why you need it, why you want it, and what to do with it once you have it), the at the time revolutionary ideas of spreading the wealth across the whole population are emphasized.
The only thing that I missed and wondered about was that there was no mention of Ralph in this book. Since he was so important in the first two books, I thought that he might make an appearance of some kind in this one... in any case, the character of Will Tyacke does well in illustrating that deep desire to help the poor.
All in all, I thought that this was an amazing finish to the trilogy, and a definite must-read.
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Title: Wideacre : A Novel by Philippa Gregory ISBN: 0743249291 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Queen's Fool : A Novel by Philippa Gregory ISBN: 0743246071 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory ISBN: 0743227441 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Katherine by Anya Seton, Philippa Gregory ISBN: 155652532X Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The SECRET DIARY OF ANNE BOLEYN by Robin Maxwell ISBN: 0684849690 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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