Reviews

Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory

giddygoofer22's review against another edition

2.0

(2.5 stars)

some bits were funny, most were boring

deinol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

apageinthestacks's review against another edition

DNF'd. The structure/organization of the class I was supposed to read this for was nonexistent. Skimmed probably 90% of this. Enjoyed the bits I actually read.

I do hope to actually read this at some point in the future...

alinseme's review against another edition

To be fair, I didn't give this much of a chance. But so far it consists of no character development, no real description, no way to even track the 100 characters named but not differentiated. Nothing but battle scenes. Boring!

bookloverlisa's review against another edition

Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 (The Penguin English Library) by Thomas Malory (1970)

skyeblue1737's review against another edition

3.0

This book was certainly an interesting read to me, since I was interested in learning the real story behind the legend. While this one does give you the general idea, I think reading the original would be a great next step, seeing as I think this one is an abridged version. But, I enjoyed it!

el_entrenador_loco's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

popi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

sj_ridgeway's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

dsbookie's review against another edition

3.0

This is a very long book. I am normally pretty okay with long books, too, but this one felt like it went on for an eternity. I think my biggest issue with it was the lack of quotation marks so we have no idea who is talking at any given time until they are half done with the conversation, which is super irritating to say the least. Another thing that made this hard to read is that there is no set timeline since it is a collection of books rather than a coherent novel. Because of this, there are characters who die and come back to life miraculously without any explanation or characters who are lost and never seem to find their way back to the story.

Overall, it was interesting to read. I am glad I got to read one of the source texts for some of my favorite series (television, film, and book). It is cool that I get to say I have read this in casual conversation with other book nerds because it is definitely an accomplishment to say the least.

Will I be reading it again? No. A resounding no to that.