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A review by weathersreadsgarbage
Behind the Mask: The Story of Jane Seymour by Angela Warwick
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
There’s something to be said about ethics in historical fiction and the thing is this author? Has no ethics.
I was intrigued by the idea of Jane getting more of a personality - she is often the throwaway of the six wives and I thought there could be something to this whole having her be cunning thing. My issue is she’s cast as an evil woman who tortured and murdered animals as a child and seems to not feel love or even fond emotions for anyone or anything. There’s no depth to it and it feels like what it is: disrespectful fanfic. If you told me a child wrote this on fanfic.net I would believe you. Especially with the simple errors I caught and the godawful formatting.
I was intrigued by the idea of Jane getting more of a personality - she is often the throwaway of the six wives and I thought there could be something to this whole having her be cunning thing. My issue is she’s cast as an evil woman who tortured and murdered animals as a child and seems to not feel love or even fond emotions for anyone or anything. There’s no depth to it and it feels like what it is: disrespectful fanfic. If you told me a child wrote this on fanfic.net I would believe you. Especially with the simple errors I caught and the godawful formatting.