Well, more like a 3.5, but... oh well.

So this one was boring, which is dissappointing, because I though I'd love the Tudors. Turns out, I don't, in fact they are a boring bunch. We all know of the marriages of Henry VIII, and how his daughter, Mary is known as Bloody Mary, plus there is Elizabeth I, who was a great queen. Now I know that all of the Tudor-era is mainly focused on reformation, and not those scandals the movies and series would like us to think. And because of this, because of the religious matter I found this book so boring. I absolutely loath this religion, everything it stands for, and I do not believe in it. So for me, to read a 500 pages long book about its reformation was pure hell.

Of course there were many interesting elements to this book, and I learned a lot from it, for which I'm grateful. But compared to the first book in this series, the Tudors didn't do well. Not only because of the religious part, but because there are a lot lesser facts about the average english life. There are no chapters dedicated for that, only a few hints and sentences incorporated with all the religious stuff.

So all in all I found this book boring, and though I made a lot of notes from it to use in the future, I did not find what I was looking after. It was great to see a different side of the Tudors (especially Elizabeth), but sadly in the end, it did not save this book.