A Nightmare of a Book

Lately I've been enjoying historical fiction (as I've written about before in this space) so when someone recommended to a friend a book by Philippa Gregory called The Other Boleyn Girl (about Anne's older sister Mary, a mistress of Henry VIII), I thought I would try a book by her as well.

So I checked out a book called The Wise Woman that also takes place in Tudor times. I was looking forward to viewing a window into a northern English village and castle and a woman who finds herself on hard times after the abbey she was living in was burnt down. Little did I know it would soon turn into a horror story of the "dark arts" and animated waxen dolls! It wasn't a very pleasant story. The main character was not very likable and she ended up betraying everyone she came into contact with including the two women who raised her. I was about half-way through the book when I realized that I just couldn't handle it but I couldn't leave the story half-read so I skimmed my way through the rest.

I wish that I had started another book or watched some TV before going to bed because I couldn't stop thinking about the horrible things that woman had done. I don't remember any but I'm sure it gave me nightmares.