Bring Up the Bodies

I found myself without reading material on a recent flight, so splurged on this, recalling how much I'd loved Wolf Hall. It was a 4- as opposed to 5-star experience for me because I knew what to expect of Mantel's style, whereas I'd been actually shocked by experiencing her craft for the first time. Still, this was a great read. There were points where I felt like the plot was almost careening towards the grim and foregone conclusion, in a way that both nervously thrilled me, and that I suspect may be a fairly accurate reflection of what it would have felt like to be living in the eye of the political storm Mantel depicts.