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Review by tvbookjunkie -- Agatha the Beloved Queen
[Following is a volunteer review of "Agatha the Beloved Queen" by Fred Pilcher.]
Agatha the beloved Queen is a novel that is honestly true to its name. We get to witness Agatha grow into a great Queen if not better than her own mother, Queen Julia ever was. She proved herself not only to the entire kingdom, her mother ,Maggie and lastly the doubting barons, she also proved to her younger self that whatever your dreams are, if you push hard enough they will come true. Princess Agatha had hoped to build her kingdom into a better one and make it flourish.
I believe that Fred Pilchard the author of Agatha the beloved Queen wanted us the reader to fully experience the reason behind Queen Agatha being such a beloved Queen. He goes to the extent of showing us Queen Agatha's childhood experiences, which led her to become the very woman that her subjects believed in.Queen Agatha was determined from a very young age to improve Her Xananian kingdom. She was keen on eradicating any form of corruption dwelling in her kingdom , to do that she had to grow into a confident woman who was also firm and just.
Queen Agatha goes through a series of trials, that made it seem as though she was destined for failure. Instead of giving up and giving in to what her elders were telling her, she stuck to her gut feelings and made her weaknesses become her strength. She was not about to let a bunch of self entitled grown ups tell her what's right from wrong. Her vision for a better Xana, consumed her from a young age, so there was no room for failure.
What I loved the most about this book is it's ability to make one believe in themselves no matter what. Growing up all of Agatha's ideas were looked down upon no matter how great they were. All she wanted was to create a nation where no one was poor. A place where everyone had an opportunity to make something of themselves if given the chance.
I give this story a 2 out of 4 because of the author's inability to move my emotions to the lowest of lows. Fred Pilchard failed to grab hold of the opportunity to move my heart as a reader. In the terror of Maggie I knew the depth of horror he brought upon the Xananians, my argument is the author failed to bring that to life through his words. It felt more like something that was being told in passing. It was more of a summary than a description.I knew the impact of what he did, but I failed to feel it through Pilchard's words. What I disliked the most about this novel is it's sudden introduction of several characters.
They came from nowhere and I felt little to no attachment to them at all. All those people Agatha helped were just suddenly introduced into the novel and I was expected to suddenly care for them. The longer a character was revealed to me the easier it was to care for them. Other characters had no depth to their life story. They just continuously kept suddenly popping up and I felt detached from them. I would recommend this story to all the victorian era lovers and anyone in need of motivation to do something they are passionate about.
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Agatha the beloved Queen is a novel that is honestly true to its name. We get to witness Agatha grow into a great Queen if not better than her own mother, Queen Julia ever was. She proved herself not only to the entire kingdom, her mother ,Maggie and lastly the doubting barons, she also proved to her younger self that whatever your dreams are, if you push hard enough they will come true. Princess Agatha had hoped to build her kingdom into a better one and make it flourish.
I believe that Fred Pilchard the author of Agatha the beloved Queen wanted us the reader to fully experience the reason behind Queen Agatha being such a beloved Queen. He goes to the extent of showing us Queen Agatha's childhood experiences, which led her to become the very woman that her subjects believed in.Queen Agatha was determined from a very young age to improve Her Xananian kingdom. She was keen on eradicating any form of corruption dwelling in her kingdom , to do that she had to grow into a confident woman who was also firm and just.
Queen Agatha goes through a series of trials, that made it seem as though she was destined for failure. Instead of giving up and giving in to what her elders were telling her, she stuck to her gut feelings and made her weaknesses become her strength. She was not about to let a bunch of self entitled grown ups tell her what's right from wrong. Her vision for a better Xana, consumed her from a young age, so there was no room for failure.
What I loved the most about this book is it's ability to make one believe in themselves no matter what. Growing up all of Agatha's ideas were looked down upon no matter how great they were. All she wanted was to create a nation where no one was poor. A place where everyone had an opportunity to make something of themselves if given the chance.
I give this story a 2 out of 4 because of the author's inability to move my emotions to the lowest of lows. Fred Pilchard failed to grab hold of the opportunity to move my heart as a reader. In the terror of Maggie I knew the depth of horror he brought upon the Xananians, my argument is the author failed to bring that to life through his words. It felt more like something that was being told in passing. It was more of a summary than a description.I knew the impact of what he did, but I failed to feel it through Pilchard's words. What I disliked the most about this novel is it's sudden introduction of several characters.
They came from nowhere and I felt little to no attachment to them at all. All those people Agatha helped were just suddenly introduced into the novel and I was expected to suddenly care for them. The longer a character was revealed to me the easier it was to care for them. Other characters had no depth to their life story. They just continuously kept suddenly popping up and I felt detached from them. I would recommend this story to all the victorian era lovers and anyone in need of motivation to do something they are passionate about.
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