The Favored Child : A Novel
by Philippa Gregory
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Author: Philippa GregoryEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2003-07-02
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 624
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Book Review: Couldn't Even Finish It
Summary: 1 Stars
Ugh...I am utterly disgusted, and not by the incest. I really wanted to like this book, and for about 400 pages, I was on board. While I didn't think any of the characters are either believable or reliable (same went for Wideacre), I was hoping there would be a plot twist and that maybe Julia would have another one of her unpredictable bouts of courage. I was nearly finished, but I became so furious with the plot (and not in a good way) that I flipped to the back and read the last few pages, only to toss the book across the room in a rage. I hate Julia, I hate Richard, and I hate how the novel ends. I can't even go back and finish the pages I skipped. I've read many other Gregory books, but this one makes me want to write her off forever. Ugh...
Summary of The Favored Child : A Novel
The Wideacre estate is bankrupt. The villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But, in the Dower House, two children are being raised in protected innocence.Equal claimants to the estate, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favored child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.
Sensual, gripping, sometimes mystical, The Favored Child sweeps the reader irresistibly into the eighteenth century, a revolutionary period in English history. This rich and dramatic novel continues the saga of the Lacey family started in Philippa Gregory's bestselling and enduringly popular Wideacre.
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