While this was interesting enough to push through quite a few pages, it wasn't as intruiging as expected. Some of the characters were quite fascinating and charming while others never felt like they went beyond their purpose in the story. The writing could be nice at times but just wasn't captivating. I can understand, though, that the style is unique enough to make this an award winner.
I enjoyed that this is a quiet, conversation-based story, but sometimes it felt like Cromwell was just observing unrelated bits and pieces which made my interest in the plot fluctuate a lot. My favourite parts were the ones directly including Anne or Cromwell's family and I like that this is a very different telling of the Henry VIII story.