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joanarcherknight's review against another edition
Oh boy. i opened this book, expecting some sort of prose. However, it made my eyes bleed. It was written in stanza, and had the olde timey spelling, which made it very difficult to read, for me. Perhaps I would enjoy it at another point in time, however, I did not feel like struggling through it right now.
sincere_mammoth's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Faerie Queene. It can be a challenging book at times but it's just so...charming. And if you love fantasy then you'll love this book as a history of the genre - Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, Wizard, Knights, it's got it all.
abetterjulie's review against another edition
3.0
Hard to rate a book with this much history and from a time period which uses a different English. Without the footnotes, I'd have been lost. I wish there'd been more of them in the version I read on the Kindle because there were frequently words I couldn't parse from context or roots. I would never have guessed this was political or allegorical. Do we still make literature that functions at this level? I preferred Virgil and Milton to Spenser, but I'm glad to have read it.
miamcmillan's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
slay (literally)
franfernandezarce's review against another edition
3.0
a knight, a maiden, and a dwarf (he doesn't really talk) go off to fight a dragon. the dragon might or might not be catholicism. also, (prince) arthur makes a cameo.
bahnree's review against another edition
3.0
I DID ITTTTT WOWOWWOWOW
this book was wild
It also had a lot of death and rape in it
I enjoyed books 2-5 the most .....Britomart is the lady knight of my dreams pretty much. I want her and Artegall to kiss :( I don't think that's too much to ask
I also loved Prince Arthur!!! Aww babe.
I also loved his squire but I got really confused after the fortieth nameless squire showed up TBH
this book was wild
It also had a lot of death and rape in it
I enjoyed books 2-5 the most .....Britomart is the lady knight of my dreams pretty much. I want her and Artegall to kiss :( I don't think that's too much to ask
I also loved Prince Arthur!!! Aww babe.
I also loved his squire but I got really confused after the fortieth nameless squire showed up TBH
sophiemlpink's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75