The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell

4.21 AVERAGE

freudenbergj's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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anotherwomack's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

crsherbo's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
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topdragon's review

4.0
Fresh off of helping King Alfred defeat the Danes in Wessex, and essentially saving the future of England, Uhtred is expecting some sort of reward. But alas, Alfred’s largess amounts to a slap in the face and so Uhtred heads north, intent on finding his stepsister who was taken prisoner by the Danish Lord Kjartan the Cruel. He also hopes to get back to reclaiming his homelands.

This third novel in the Saxon Tales does not let up in the strong plots and great characters. Once again, it moves along at a nice pace with Uhtred’s plans going completely off-the rails through betrayal or just good old fashioned intrigue run amok. These novels, even though based on accurate historical events, are anything but predictable. After reading three of them now, I think they just might have surpassed “The Warlord Chronicles” as my new favorite Cornwell series.

grecia_r's review against another edition

The story continues as great as before. Some of these characters really come so much more alive in the books.

johan_botha69's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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car_theauthor's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mwgarud's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

bigbookslilreads's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This series is starting to bore me, so I don't think I will continue.

david_during's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes