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fideidefenswhore · 1 year ago

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Your thoughts on the prolific author Jean Plaidy? Did you read any of her books? Do you have favorite/most hated? What do you think about her view on the Tudors, Boleyn's, Yorks, Stuarts, Hapsburgs, etc?

I have found them very dull, paint by the numbers, etc. Honestly I find most of the novels from that era of that era that way, though, it's part of why I can't stand Weir's, hers just feel like a complete emulation of Norah Loft's which are also that way for me. I feel like newer authors of the genre are more likely to take risks, even if all their creative decisions are not my favorite, I can respect that (Suzannah Dunn, Christopher Rae, etc).

To be more specific, as a Henry VIII Enjoyer, these novels miss the mark for me. He's always very one-dimensional, sadistic satyr meets bluff hail-fellow-well-met, extremely pliable and easy to manipulate; it's just very boring and not satisfying to read.

#anon #very unpopular but to some degree i would even say philippa gregory > jean plaidy #(just as far as...entertainment? her depiction of henry is also like that. altho the film adaptation somehow made it even worse)#and philippa gregory > alison weir again very limitedly and only pertaining to fiction #(bcus honestly i think weir's depiction of henry might be even worse than pgreg)#(maybe even worse than margaret george's which is saying A LOTTT)#(probably as bad as norah loft's. but she's a fan. so)#i actually have some sliding door theories on pgreg tho #i basically think that her books were the gateway for weir gaining credibility #bcus they were so outrageous (a very hateful and homophobic interpretation of a slightly less but still homophobic theory from warnicke)#they made weir seem moderate and credible in comparison #and we have been stuck with that albatross ever since. god hates us every one.#i also believe weir segued to mantel's popularity to some extent #it demonstrated the popularity and marketability of that sort of portrayal of AB #cerebral ; cold; calculating and very fun to hate #of course that began earlier but while LiT is more sympathetic than some of her later works;#you definitely get the sense AW is having a lottt of fun hating her in certain sections #(earlier with TOBG i should say)#whatever tf pgreg said about her #'of criminal nature' agrewafrhdsijfs

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