Review: Umm....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
Since I enjoyed the other book, "Gabriella" by the same author, I thought I would like this book as well.  In "Gabriella" the sexual misadventures are raw, but occur in a relatively light plot in a short book, so they fit well.  We didn't have to worry about Gabriella's upbringing and her crass manners, because this all happened in a "snobby rich" enclave, a cricket game, and everyone was so filthy rich, that we didn't worry about how they would survive this assault on their morals.Here, "Good Queen Bess" is a lot longer, a lot more raw, and involves a national crisis involving the Royal Family. For me, it just doesn't translate well.  While it was easy to mock the one-dimensional characters in "Gabriella" due to the light plot, and the brilliant satire, here these one-dimensional characters are asked to take on more publicity and more responsibility, and they fall flat.  Even in a satirical setting, it is very hard to imagine how any of the main characters could have gone as far as they could.  Also, the humour becomes even more "ugh" and "yuck."If you want a better book, I recommend the original, "Gabriella."