tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post7235907340204629068..comments2024-02-18T20:30:02.769-08:00Comments on Historically Obsessed : Book Review: THE HARLOTS PROGRESS by Peter MottleyLizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-50715683927473769162010-09-19T10:49:36.536-07:002010-09-19T10:49:36.536-07:00Woah that was awhile ago. I am glad you enjoyed it...Woah that was awhile ago. I am glad you enjoyed it I also liked it like you said the first chapter were a bit hard but I really enjoyed the ending it really stuck with me. I wonder when the next one is suppose to come out, it has to be sometime soon.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-38892362482298147932010-09-15T06:58:36.206-07:002010-09-15T06:58:36.206-07:00I just finished reading this book (playing hookie ...I just finished reading this book (playing hookie from work) - and I just had to come back and drop a line or two. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed it. The first few chapters were a little rough to get through, but like you said, I just had to see the train wreck through to the end. It was a really well written story. Glad I finally got to it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-84338600593797562852009-12-07T10:15:21.736-08:002009-12-07T10:15:21.736-08:00Mitzi yes it is a defiantly love story. That is as...Mitzi yes it is a defiantly love story. That is as much as I can give without ruining it. <br /><br />Gaby thank you so much for the visit and sending me the wonderful book. I really appreciate it.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-15958202145651891502009-12-07T06:48:24.376-08:002009-12-07T06:48:24.376-08:00Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to say
the book...Hello everyone,<br /><br />Just a quick note to say<br />the book has been launched in the UK and we will be launching it worldwide summer 2010<br />In the mean time worldwide readers can buy it online at Amazon.co.uk. Here is the link to purchase the book and you can by it here with 50p off or from Waterstones or Foyles:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/095637560X/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new <br />http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/peter+mottley/the+harlot27s+progress3a+pt-+1/7141424/ <br />http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780956375605&sf_01=kword_index&st_01=Yorkshire+Molly&sort=eh_nbd_rank%2Fd&m=2&dc=2 <br /><br />Thanks from the team to everyone who has read the book :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922001377645434633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-84328896384196573942009-12-06T18:55:22.693-08:002009-12-06T18:55:22.693-08:00I don't mind reading about the severe circumst...I don't mind reading about the severe circumstances or the true hardships a person faced, but I have to be in the right mood to read a distressing story and I have to know there is a good ending/outcome. Without giving to much away...Does this story have a happy ending???Mitzi H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16746339245819447740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-49730301181856042382009-12-05T15:41:09.993-08:002009-12-05T15:41:09.993-08:00I agree I think my mind set would have been differ...I agree I think my mind set would have been different had I been able to prepare myself for it. I enjoyed it but did skim a bit. I can be a wuss, big time on certain things.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-15618074369132966042009-12-05T12:15:40.337-08:002009-12-05T12:15:40.337-08:00Thanks for the great review. I too have this one ...Thanks for the great review. I too have this one on my shelf to review. I had no idea about the graphic stuff, though it does make some sense. Like Leslie said, at least I will go into it knowing it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-13944976706214500502009-12-05T10:23:48.218-08:002009-12-05T10:23:48.218-08:00Lucy, since I sort of have a feel for your reading...Lucy, since I sort of have a feel for your reading style. I really do not think this would have been a pleasant read for you. But who knows you might have gotten hooked into the train wreck just like me. I did enjoy it but at one point I felt as though what else could possible happen to Molly that could be worse than what had already happened to her. <br /><br />Leslie, that so stinks about the migraines I get them too really bad. A very good point you bring up about a male author. I did consider that maybe that was the reason for the brutality of the book. My feeling were that there was no lack of emotion from her as a character but there just were so many terrible things that kept happening to her it just felt like she was never going to be alright. I did make a comparison to my favorite male author who writes from a womans prospective. C.W. Gortner has a different spin even in the "Last Queen" there were brutal sections including a rape. I felt as thought C.W. gave enough details to get the point across with out going into the nitty gritty details. This novel has the gritty details which made the violence at times a bit over whelming. I did notice that when I started to become uncomfortable in the violent parts I would skim the words just to get past it because in the end I wanted to know she was okay. A good read that had a dark side but it also had Molly who no matter what was the light of the novel.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-58107989334367893822009-12-05T09:23:39.074-08:002009-12-05T09:23:39.074-08:00Oops, Lizzy -- I have such a migraine today that I...Oops, Lizzy -- I have such a migraine today that I forgot whose blog I was reading.<br /><br />MEA CULPA -- forgive me for addressing you as Allie! I know the difference (though you are both fabulous ladies and amazing friends) :)Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024567064317102889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-51396814386646309342009-12-05T09:21:59.975-08:002009-12-05T09:21:59.975-08:00Thanks for yet another excellent review, Allie. I...Thanks for yet another excellent review, Allie. I have been eager to read this book, although the graphically violent aspect was something I knew nothing about, and there is nothing in the promotional material on this novel to suggest how gritty it may be. Thank you very much for that heads-up. Although the underbelly of the Georgian era was indeed so seamy that a fictional depiction of it shouldn't necessarily sanitize events, still -- in order for the extremely graphic aspect of the novel not to hit me as a <i>shock</i>, I'm glad to know about it, nevertheless, so I have a better idea of the book's tone.<br /><br />Allie, do you think that a female writer might not have been so graphic? Just a thought . . . re: the different ways a male and a female author might approach the same subject matter? Or do you think that in this case the gender of the author has no bearing on the tone?<br /><br />Vic from the Jane Austen's World blog has very generously offered to send me her copy after she has read it, and I offered to blog about it as well, though as a historical fiction author myself I'm never comfortable about posting a traditional review (even for dead authors). And after all, who knows where else my words might end up. :)Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024567064317102889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-26617448174087976792009-12-05T09:00:45.209-08:002009-12-05T09:00:45.209-08:00Fantastic review! I declined reviewing this one d...Fantastic review! I declined reviewing this one due to time constraints and then at some point regretted it. I so appreciate you mentioning about all the explicit stuff- cause now I know for sure that I could not stomach it. Though, I can totally understand how such a character who has gone through so much can become endearing and that you felt for her. Thanks for this great review:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.com