Both my parents are librarians (please keep the Shh jokes to a quiet murmur, you're better than that.) As a result of this, I quite like books.
I've just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl. Now, whilst i'm no literary critic and I enjoyed the majority of the book and the inner Sixth Form student in me enjoyed all the phallic imagery (seriously, there's rarely a mention of Henry without his Nib or Lance or Cucumber..maybe not cucumber..)... I couldn't help but be a little bit miffed by the ending...
...OF COURSE WE KNOW ANNE GETS HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF!
Of course we do.
Divorced, BEHEADED, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
There is even a helpful rhyme to remind us.
So at the end when Miss Gregory wraps it all up with: Anne Died and Mary buggered off back to her farm and lived happily after making cheese (maybe slightly paraphrased)... i couldn't help but feel a bit cheated.
Here's a few suggestions of how i think it could have been improved:
Anne comes back as a zombie vampire and gets her revenge on Henry, thus creating a vampire court, changing the course of history forever.
Anne comes back as the 13th Doctor. No one would expect that. Scarf/Bowtie/Hat...Necklace?
Anne comes back as a dinosaur, kills Henry and feeds him to a T-Rex. Dino-Anne and her Dinosaur friends rule the Court.
(the whole short arm thing could be a problem though...)
Anne comes back as The Terminator and kills Henry. (He said he'd be back. He never said it wouldn't be as Anne Boleyn.)
Anne reveals she is actually Henry's Father. (May or may not be borrowed from Star Wars..)
Anne was actually a ghost all along....Oooohhhh.
At the last minute Chuck Norris saves the day.
I mean...they're completely implausible, and probably would break all kinds of copyright.. but at least i wouldn't have read 400 pages to know what i already knew...
any other ideas?
...
(Despite my slight disappointment at the ending, i shall reiterate that I did enjoy the book)
I've just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl. Now, whilst i'm no literary critic and I enjoyed the majority of the book and the inner Sixth Form student in me enjoyed all the phallic imagery (seriously, there's rarely a mention of Henry without his Nib or Lance or Cucumber..maybe not cucumber..)... I couldn't help but be a little bit miffed by the ending...
...OF COURSE WE KNOW ANNE GETS HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF!
Of course we do.
Divorced, BEHEADED, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
There is even a helpful rhyme to remind us.
So at the end when Miss Gregory wraps it all up with: Anne Died and Mary buggered off back to her farm and lived happily after making cheese (maybe slightly paraphrased)... i couldn't help but feel a bit cheated.
Here's a few suggestions of how i think it could have been improved:
Anne comes back as a zombie vampire and gets her revenge on Henry, thus creating a vampire court, changing the course of history forever.
Anne comes back as the 13th Doctor. No one would expect that. Scarf/Bowtie/Hat...Necklace?
Anne comes back as a dinosaur, kills Henry and feeds him to a T-Rex. Dino-Anne and her Dinosaur friends rule the Court.
(the whole short arm thing could be a problem though...)
Anne comes back as The Terminator and kills Henry. (He said he'd be back. He never said it wouldn't be as Anne Boleyn.)
Anne reveals she is actually Henry's Father. (May or may not be borrowed from Star Wars..)
Anne was actually a ghost all along....Oooohhhh.
At the last minute Chuck Norris saves the day.
I mean...they're completely implausible, and probably would break all kinds of copyright.. but at least i wouldn't have read 400 pages to know what i already knew...
any other ideas?
...
(Despite my slight disappointment at the ending, i shall reiterate that I did enjoy the book)