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Hello, Shardlakians~
Fascination discussion this past Wednesday, as always! Up next: LAMENTATION. Wonder if we'll still see Catherine Parr, Johanna, and Ellen. 🤔

Have a lovely rest of your weekend!

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dabbe TY! 🤩 21h

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dabbe

Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

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Hello, Shardlakians~
Fascination discussion this past Wednesday, as always! Up next: LAMENTATION. Wonder if we'll still see Catherine Parr, Johanna, and Ellen. 🤔

Have a lovely rest of your weekend! 😍

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#readingbracket2025 (thanks @Catsandbooks! 😍)

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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@CSeydel (thank you!) 😍

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Daisey

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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I realized as I joined the discussion of this book that I had forgotten to review it. I felt this one started slowly (which was partially impacted by my lack of reading time), but once it got going I really enjoyed it. There were a lot of things going on in this one, but I also love those layers of complexity and history. I also really appreciate that we get to know characters more in the series, but the mysteries are unique.

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Daisey Thanks again @dabbe for hosting this buddy read and getting me to revisit this series! 5d

dabbe @Daisey YW! I have thoroughly enjoyed revisiting it as well. I also love how Sansom hits us with completely new mysteries but gets us to love the characters more and more--well, most of them anyway. 🤣😍🤩 5d

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AnneCecilie

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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Another winner in the Shardlake series.

This time Shardlake gets a case from the queen to look into a case. A young man has committed suicide after saying that something monstrous has happened to his previous pupil. The family lives in the south not far from Ellen‘s hometown, so he decides to look into her story as well.

An intricate mystery, fooling me to the end. I did not see that end coming.

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dabbe

dabbe Excellent review. I was in the dark as to the mystery, too, and I read it before! 🤣 5d

AnneCecilie @dabbe I read it before too, but some 10 yrs ago. We can‘t be expected to remember everything 😊 5d

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

LiseWorks Because he finds out the truth. Again, a man controlling a woman for his own benefit. What a society! I'm glad there was a good ending for her 5d

lil1inblue I found it so satisfying because there weren't real consequences in the other cases. We needed a win! Shardlake offering Josephine a position is yet another example of him helping those without agency. 5d

kspenmoll When I get to this book in the series ( only read first 2 ) I need to go to your pages & find your posts! The visuals are fabulous!!!! 5d

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AnneCecilie I shows us who Shardlake is and his not just words, but that he follows through on what he thinks is right. And also one of the bad guys in the story got his punishment. 5d

dabbe @LiseWorks #amen! 😍 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue And hopefully she'll fill in nicely after the loss of Joan. 😍 5d

dabbe @kspenmoll TY! I try! The posts will be here for you, too! 😍 5d

dabbe @AnneCecilie Delightfully so! 🤣 5d

Daisey @lil1inblue This fits with what I was thinking. Shardlake is able to find answers, but there‘s not much of a feeling of success with the cases. Getting rid of Coldiron and keeping Josephine actually feels like accomplishing something good for the future. 5d

dabbe @Daisey I love how you predict a more positive future for Josephine and Shardlake. 🩵 5d

kwmg40 I'm happy the book ended with Shardlake getting rid of Coldiron and keeping Josephine on, as it does feel that some sort of justice has been served, at least in this situation. 4d

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

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Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf It was a bit of an ignominious battle for both sides & most of the attention has gone on the loss of the Mary Rose. 5d

LiseWorks Just to show you are this constant fighting with the French was a waste of time 5d

lil1inblue I liked how the Mary Rose was almost another character in the book. I wonder if the battle doesn't get much attention because Henry VIII's marriages are so salacious that they become the focus of the period. 5d

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AnneCecilie I remembered the ship scenes from my first read, but couldn‘t remember anything around it. I think this battle has just gotten into the overall history of the war between England and France in this period. There were constant fighting and probably fights that were more memorable. 5d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf 🎯🩵🎯! I think the most memorable part of this so-called battle is the drowning of THE MARY ROSE. And those poor men under the mesh cloths! 😱 5d

dabbe @LiseWorks Seems like they've been at it forever, doesn't it? 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🎯🩵! Everybody loves a love story gone horribly wrong, don't they? Look at how we devour that kind of entertainment even today! 5d

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯! I mean, this one only last 1 1/2 days! 5d

kwmg40 I hadn't known much about this event. After reading Heartstone, I'm eager to visit this part of England and learn more about the history. 4d

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf A collection of rogues there & strangely enough, Coldiron is probably the least worst comparatively. 5d

LiseWorks I'm not sure I liked the king lol or any of the men. 5d

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf 🎯🎯🎯 5d

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lil1inblue Arses indeed. They're all so self-serving! And they are never held accountable! I guess some thjngs never change - look at how people with money and power get away with things still! 5d

AnneCecilie The rich and powerful get away with everything 5d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Yeah, I got the feeling that once he was booted out that he will be gone for good. Though there's still Josephine, and I wouldn't put it past him to maybe return and try to do some damage to Shardlake somehow. 5d

dabbe @LiseWorks 🎯🩵🎯 Henry VIII just thoroughly disgusts me. 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue I did love Catherine Parr giving Rich the what-for, though! In fact, I was absolutely GLEEFUL! 🤣 5d

dabbe @AnneCecilie #stilltoday 🎯🩵🎯 5d

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

lil1inblue I really felt for Ellen. I can understand why she wishes Shardlake left well enough alone. Her story is simply heartbreaking. As is Josephine's. I hope we hear more about her story going forward. 5d

lil1inblue The Hobbeys - ugh. Is it weird that they gave me Wuthering Heights vibes? They all seem so utterly miserable. 5d

AnneCecilie They all seem to be caught up in situations they can‘t control (Leacon, Ellen, Josephine) or that they didn‘t fully analyse before jumping into it (the Hobbeys). If you‘re poor, you don‘t have much say in what happens to you, the rich control everything 5d

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dabbe @lil1inblue To have been such a free spirit before and now to be shackled to the asylum because you can't face the outdoors is totally heartbreaking. And to be in love and not to have it returned. For all of Shardlake falling in love with other women, I wish he could have fallen for Ellen and helped her out of her sheltered life. Well, the series isn't over yet, right? 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯! It was beyond hard to like any of them, yet I couldn't help feeling some sympathy when everything, EVERYTHING, came crashing down upon them. 5d

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 And if the rich get caught (like Rich), they still can come out smelling like a rose ... maybe. 5d

AnneCecilie The King probably didn‘t care because Rich brought in the money 5d

dabbe We never got to see Calfhill; he was only alluded to throughout the story, but I truly felt for him, too ... especially to be desirous of other men during this time period and to be so afraid to be exposed that you kill yourself. Unfortunately, that still happens even in 2025. 🥺 5d

kwmg40 The Hobbeys were definitely unlikeable but at the same time, I found them really interesting, with all their secrets and complicated family relationships. 4d

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