The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots Audiobook

" Liked it, but not my favorite "beheaded queen" book!! "

" This was a book I was really looking forward to - I love historical fiction, biographies, all that kind of stuff. It started off well, but it got bogged down and boring till I skimmed the last 50 pages. It seemed like she made stupid decisions about a lot of things because the reasonings were not well explained. The first person writing was pretty good until about 2/3 of the way in as I said. Started well, ended way too late. "

" 2.5 stars: I knew going into this that Carolly Erickson isn't exactly known for staying true to facts. She calls her books "historical entertainment" and tends to make up a lot of the characters and their interactions, along with messing around with the dates and time lines or making up events altogether. For example, in this particular book, she invented a secret daughter for Mary, made up the majority of interactions between Mary and Bothwell (considering he was actually imprisoned for much of the time) and made up the entire escape to Rome so it's a bit frustrating to read something so completely inaccurate. With that being said though, the story of Mary is still a very interesting one and I'd like to learn more about her. Hopefully she'll be portrayed a little better in other books! I think for anyone truly interested in learning about Mary though, this book isn't the best choice. It's basically pure fluff and for entertainment only which is what I rated it on, but for historical accuracy, it fails. When it comes to historical fiction, I need/want more history than fiction so I'm hesitant to read anything else by this author. "

" This was a good read although one has to remember that is it fiction and not take all of it as facts. I will be reading other books by this author. It is a sad and tragic story any way you tell it. "

" I could have done better than this . Love historical novels - not this one . Don't waste your time . "

" Seriously!? I didn't even finish the last 50 pages or so, I was so bored. Frankly, how many times can I say to myself, "Stupid woman!" That's what I said throughout the entire novel. It was a frustratingly boring read, so don't bother reading unless you have to torture yourself for some reason. "

" I'm a sucker for historical fiction. But this wasn't worth it for me. When authors such as Alison Wier,Tracy Chevalier to enjoy there was no reason to finish this book. I really wanted to like this book too as I find Mary Queen of Scots fascinating. "

" As a long time fan of books describing the life of this queen, I was not happy with the liberties this author took with the tale. "

" If i had not read so many other books about Mary I probably would have liked the book better. Not so good on the known history of Mary. "

" This book was horrible. "

" The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots not as engaging as Margaret George's novel about Mary Stuart and is rather short on detail. It is a quick mildly entertaining story. "

" Interesting history of the Elizabethan time period. I do believe the author is a bit of an optomistc romantic. "

" The first half of this book was really good. Then it went WAY out there with completly reinventing a great deal of the history. "

" Although I enjoy a good historical fiction, this book was simply just OK. It was an interesting take on what Mary Queen of Scots may have thought about her life, but I find her character to be very whiny, reckless, and immature. "

" Another audiobook "read" which I enjoyed as a way to consider what it must have been like in those times. "

" I was looking forward to this book and wanted to like it, but quit after about 100 pages. Poorly written dialogue, too much "fiction" in the history, and Mary was just not likable at all. If you want to read about Mary, read Reay Tannahill's Fatal Majesty. "

" I am definitely a sucker for historical fiction written from the first person point of view. This reminded me a lot of Abundance (about Marie Antoinette), and I loved that story. "

" Excellent story with accurate accounts, I truly felt bad for Mary . "

" This book was a good way to kill a few hours, but I wasn't jumping up and down about it. I feel like knowing the history and how the book was going to end probably put a damper on my enthusiasm as well. "

" Very highly fictionalized, which annoyed me at times, but overall pretty entertaining. "

" Excellent story with accurate accounts, I truly felt bad for Mary . "

" The author took far too many liberties with historical fact in this book for my taste. I will make sure in the future to avoid any other books by Carolly Erickson. I was strongly tempted not to finish the book, and the only reason I did so was because I hate leaving a book half-read. "

" Easy read and interesting subject matter "

" Another audiobook "read" which I enjoyed as a way to consider what it must have been like in those times. "

" An easy, fun read. Learned quite a lot I didn't know (even though it was a fictionalization) and went right to some history books to find out more. "

" it was ohkay, not the greatest "

" Don't read this book expecting to learn anything about history. The only facts in here are that Mary was Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I executed her. On that note, still a good piece of fiction. "

" I am so glad that I didn't live in the 16th Century. What a book... "

" I thought that telling her story as a memoir was effective and made the account interesting. Of course, many of the details are fictionalized but the history of this era and this particular queen is well worth reading about. "

" I enjoyed this book on the merit of the writers tone and the development of the characters. However, I was disappointed by how much this book deviated from historical accounts. I think this book falls more under the category of fiction rather than historical fiction. But, still a pleasant read. "