You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-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
Update June 2018: I was wrong and I've come back to Uhtred and the Saxon Stories. I couldn't be happier that I have!!
I genuinely love this series and I love Uhtred but I had a feeling after book six that it was potentially the end of the line for me. As stated, I adore Uhtred and I doubt I would care anything for the books if he wasn't the main character but the loss of major characters like Alfred, Father Beocca, and Ragnar the Younger is something I don't feel the series can fully recover from. This might have been fine if newer characters had taken up the slack but they don't. Edward is certainly not his father, Cnut and Haesten are not Ubba or Guthrum, even Aethelflaed doesn't get much presence here.
I understand that Uhtred's story is following a historical timeline and real people that he is associated with die. But some of the fictional additions have also gone (many of them dying off page) and it is left to Uhtred and a couple of others to carry on. Uhtred himself acknowledges the fact that he is old and his time is potentially coming to an end. All in all, I found the Pagan Lord to be a different tone and different era entirely to the previous books and honestly, it left me depressed. I miss the older characters and the challenges they brought Uhtred, I miss some of the old settings (was Winchester even visited once in this novel?), I even miss the old adversaries (Cnut just reminds me of how great Erik and Sigefrid were or Guthrum and Ubba).
It is a shame but I think this is the final book with Uhtred I'll ever read. Maybe I'll come back to it one day but until then, I'm going to act like I stopped reading after Death of Kings.
I genuinely love this series and I love Uhtred but I had a feeling after book six that it was potentially the end of the line for me. As stated, I adore Uhtred and I doubt I would care anything for the books if he wasn't the main character but the loss of major characters like Alfred, Father Beocca, and Ragnar the Younger is something I don't feel the series can fully recover from. This might have been fine if newer characters had taken up the slack but they don't. Edward is certainly not his father, Cnut and Haesten are not Ubba or Guthrum, even Aethelflaed doesn't get much presence here.
I understand that Uhtred's story is following a historical timeline and real people that he is associated with die. But some of the fictional additions have also gone (many of them dying off page) and it is left to Uhtred and a couple of others to carry on. Uhtred himself acknowledges the fact that he is old and his time is potentially coming to an end. All in all, I found the Pagan Lord to be a different tone and different era entirely to the previous books and honestly, it left me depressed. I miss the older characters and the challenges they brought Uhtred, I miss some of the old settings (was Winchester even visited once in this novel?), I even miss the old adversaries (Cnut just reminds me of how great Erik and Sigefrid were or Guthrum and Ubba).
It is a shame but I think this is the final book with Uhtred I'll ever read. Maybe I'll come back to it one day but until then, I'm going to act like I stopped reading after Death of Kings.
adventurous
challenging
informative
tense
medium-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
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
This book made me absolutely sob. The best book in the series so far.
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Great series by one the best authors of action, historical novels.
The Saxon Tales just keep getting better. I love being immersed in this universe, and Cornwell creates an authentic vision of what Saxon country must have looked like. The legend of Uhtred continues and keeps getting stronger.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Plot: After accidentally killing a priest, Uhtred is declared a religious "abomination" and cast out from his hard won lands. With nowhere else to go, Uhtred decides to make an attempt on reclaiming his ancestral home Bebbanburg. But even if he succeeds, what will he do next? With strong ties to Aethelflaed and the West Saxons, when an invasion appears to be looming, how will he respond?
Genre: War & military, historical, action & adventure, fiction.
----------
Thoughts While Reading:
Thoughts at 32%:
1. The Pagan Lord has sucked me in right from the start. My favourite Uhtred stories are when he is on his own, and not under the control of anyone (Alfred, Edward, Aethelflaed, etc.). By the way, when I say Uhtred is "on his own", I don't mean literally, I mean with his men and able to act under his own steam by following his own will.
2. While I wasn't a fan of Uhtred accidentally killing the priest and being forced off his land, I understand the need for this to occur so that he would be forced to make an attempt at recovering Bebbanburg. I just wish that Uhtred could get a break once in a while! Things were finally going ok for him after Alfred gave him the land, and then all the shit hits the fan again. I know it happens to drive the story forward, but come on Mr Cornwell, give Uhtred a break!
❗️SPOILERS AHEAD❗️
Thoughts at 100%:
1. While I understand that Uhtred has to age (I mean, duh), I don't want him to age so fast! I want him to stay at around 30, strong and fit and healthy, and accomplishing all his goals lol. I also was not a fan of the outcome of the fight right at the end of the book with ol' Cnut (lord knows how that's meant to be pronounced; I alternate between "Snut", "Cee-nut", and "K-nut" lol. I know - I'm terrible I should just google it
Plot: After accidentally killing a priest, Uhtred is declared a religious "abomination" and cast out from his hard won lands. With nowhere else to go, Uhtred decides to make an attempt on reclaiming his ancestral home Bebbanburg. But even if he succeeds, what will he do next? With strong ties to Aethelflaed and the West Saxons, when an invasion appears to be looming, how will he respond?
Genre: War & military, historical, action & adventure, fiction.
----------
Thoughts While Reading:
Thoughts at 32%:
1. The Pagan Lord has sucked me in right from the start. My favourite Uhtred stories are when he is on his own, and not under the control of anyone (Alfred, Edward, Aethelflaed, etc.). By the way, when I say Uhtred is "on his own", I don't mean literally, I mean with his men and able to act under his own steam by following his own will.
2. While I wasn't a fan of Uhtred accidentally killing the priest and being forced off his land, I understand the need for this to occur so that he would be forced to make an attempt at recovering Bebbanburg. I just wish that Uhtred could get a break once in a while! Things were finally going ok for him after Alfred gave him the land, and then all the shit hits the fan again. I know it happens to drive the story forward, but come on Mr Cornwell, give Uhtred a break!
❗️SPOILERS AHEAD❗️
Thoughts at 100%:
1. While I understand that Uhtred has to age (I mean, duh), I don't want him to age so fast! I want him to stay at around 30, strong and fit and healthy, and accomplishing all his goals lol. I also was not a fan of the outcome of the fight right at the end of the book with ol' Cnut (lord knows how that's meant to be pronounced; I alternate between "Snut", "Cee-nut", and "K-nut" lol. I know - I'm terrible I should just google it