tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post5047661460455999473..comments2023-10-28T05:19:39.788-05:00Comments on Spark of Madness: Review: The Other Boleyn Girlpilgrimchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13808106043964544413noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-13866125987372463122008-03-16T14:50:00.000-05:002008-03-16T14:50:00.000-05:00Thank you for an honest, helpful review of The Oth...Thank you for an honest, helpful review of <I>The Other Boleyn Girl</I>.<BR/><BR/>Not realizing it was a novel-turned-movie, I nearly wasted $10 hoping for a historically accurate movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-67404871085045125732008-03-07T12:00:00.000-05:002008-03-07T12:00:00.000-05:00your review is so much more articulate than mine a...your review is so much more articulate than mine are.gagkneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724101108087929542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-66009684776735916502008-03-06T10:55:00.000-05:002008-03-06T10:55:00.000-05:00Not this author precisely, but the limits of histo...Not this author precisely, but the limits of historical fiction is why I'm doing my little animated series about what 'women in history were really thinking.' <BR/><BR/>I'm with you on observing the boundaries of truth and thinking - not for any academic purity/shmurity - but because it's invaluable for the quality of OUR thinking to get it.booda babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424036488795599663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-64264215692546210322008-03-04T22:55:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:55:00.000-05:00disappointing... i don't know that i'd ever have c...disappointing... <BR/><BR/>i don't know that i'd ever have considered reading the book (i like to read but it takes me so long to get through a book because of other distractions that i'd rather just stick with the stuff that's been proven over time. i'm in the middle of jane eyre now...) but i was kind of looking forward to the movie.<BR/><BR/>do you suppose it will be disappointing as well? scarlett johansson and natalie portman are extremely talented girls. maybe they can bring something to the story the author of the book couldn't...courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030260426692744100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-6250044673731535122008-03-04T19:00:00.000-05:002008-03-04T19:00:00.000-05:00My boss came in with this old dog-eared trashy pap...My boss came in with this old dog-eared trashy paperback novel today w/ a centaur or something on the cover, which he'd procured at the local library.<BR/><BR/>I looked closely. He'd written the book!<BR/><BR/>I wonder, now, whether I have a future in something like chick-lit.....<BR/><BR/>Nice photo. That certainly makes living in England worth it. :)M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/11907796642043083093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-31551090236627325862008-03-04T04:13:00.000-05:002008-03-04T04:13:00.000-05:00I think I agree with you. I can handle historical ...I think I agree with you. I can handle historical inaccuracy to a point, in a novel. But I just found The Other Boleyn Girl kind of boring. So that compounded the history thing.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125437682195078847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-102866967815482242008-03-03T14:54:00.000-05:002008-03-03T14:54:00.000-05:00The novel is certainly historical FICTION, though ...The novel is certainly historical FICTION, though they are actual characters. I have read this book, and also have the full length audio book.<BR/><BR/>As you can guess, I'm looking forward to the movie.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.com