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Engaging story

Revisado: 09-14-24

The story, setting and character development are very good. Descriptions of the area around the Adirondacks are spot on. The chapters jump back and forth in time so quickly, it can be jarring. The ending wraps up a little too quickly. After so much time spent developing Alice, we are left to only imagine how she handles the outcome, so it feels a little unresolved.

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What a disappointment

Revisado: 07-25-24

Beautifully written, but wretchedly disappointing story. Characters are flat with little development. The plot lags in the middle. I found my self thinking “I really don’t care” and “this better be good or it’s been a huge waste of time.” Sadly it was the latter.

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Love Gabriel Allon!

Revisado: 07-12-24

The reading of this audiobook was just awful. All the women’s and old men’s voices sounded the same - breathy with some petulant indistinguishable accent. I would’ve enjoyed the book much more if I had read it instead of listening to it.

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Interesting anecdotes and descriptions from the 60s, 70s & 80s.

Revisado: 01-25-24

It became a little too name-droppy with characters mostly uninteresting from the 90s on. The book could’ve stopped at 1990 and that would’ve been fine.

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This is what generational abuse looks like

Revisado: 11-08-23

What would the royal family have been like if they were “allowed” to hug, laugh and have more fun together? If they could have simply lightened the f**k up. It’s not like they have the weight of nations on the their shoulders. They’re mere figureheads. The Queen was psychologically abused by her family and husband, her son Charles was abused and neglected by both parents, Diana was abused by the family and staff, so of course her children were abused as well. It’s a very sad story, not so much about the absurdity of the modern monarchy, but that children and whole family’s are frozen in their icy “roles” that have nothing to do with being human. Imagine if every meeting involved laughter, hugs and games, without ridiculous protocol. Imagine more that the royals’ relationship with the press weren’t so toxic and predatory. My takeaway? Make their palaces into museums and toss the lot. Let them be trained to do get real jobs, not mindless task like ribbon-cutting and promoting their favorite causes or charities. Those jobs require press in order to be effective, so it is a perfect ouroboros - the snake that eats its tail and is continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself.
Harry and Meg seem like nice people, but I get the impression from the book that we are only hearing their side. I imagine there’s more, but really, who cares - it’s tit for tat and “he said, she said”. Ultimately it’s a story of an enormously dysfunctional family and a boy who simply never got enough love. I hope the abuse will stop with his immediate family now, and I hope the layers of ice will eventually melt away.

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