Reviews

The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, N.C. Wyeth, Sidney Lanier

silverthorn's review

adventurous funny informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

alex_ellermann's review against another edition

3.0

I read this one when I was 11 or so, and I thought I'd give it a spin as a series of bedtime stories for my 9-yr-old.

They worked as bedtime stories; he couldn't quite hang on to the archaic language and went fast to sleep. Still, I enjoyed going through this book again. I'm going to search out a more contemporary, yet child-friendly, retelling of these tales. I really want my son to be familiar with Arthurian legend.

funsized327's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

visibletouch's review against another edition

4.0

Extremely brief cliff notes sections of myth.

apolasky's review

4.0

Although this has always been one of my favorite stories, I never got aroud to reading the original. It somewhat differs from what is generally portrayed in movies and such, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This illustrated junior library edition has beautiful illustrations -as its name indicates- that made the reading even more enjoyable.
On the other hand, the one thing that kept bothering me through the entire book was the indisciminate, annoying and amateurish use of the words "and" and "then", particularly at the beginning of both paragraphs and sentences.