Scan barcode
enchantedelfie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Stalking
schnaucl's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
I enjoyed it.
Especially in the beginning Arthur seems a lot more like an ideal than a person, and it's never really clear why order is inherently better than chaos. Yes, magic can do terrible things, but as demonstrated in the book, people with non magical power can do some pretty awful things to people without any magic involved at all, and magic can also accomplish good things.
It seems like the great magical beings (for the most part) have decided the time of magic is over for reasons that are never really explained other than "order is better than chaos." It's not that magic is fading so much as that powerful magic users are choosing to fade away.
Low level magic users continue to want to use magic, even if that means they can't be part of Camelot.
It's a little frustrating because aside from sanitation (yay!), the idea of Camelot seems to be the ruler should behave like a decent person and there's also some amount of meritocracy, although that only goes so far since Lancelot is not allowed to become one of Arthur's knights due to her gender. But monarchy is still a thing. The current arrangement isn't going to produce an heir unless things change. There's doesn't seem to be any sort of succession plan even though Arthur lives a dangerous life.
I appreciated that the the book dealt with the fact that Arthur can be a good king and a good person and also a bad husband. I think it would be very difficult to be in a relationship where you felt you could never be the first priority.
Especially in the beginning Arthur seems a lot more like an ideal than a person, and it's never really clear why order is inherently better than chaos. Yes, magic can do terrible things, but as demonstrated in the book, people with non magical power can do some pretty awful things to people without any magic involved at all, and magic can also accomplish good things.
Low level magic users continue to want to use magic, even if that means they can't be part of Camelot.
It's a little frustrating because aside from sanitation (yay!), the idea of Camelot seems to be the ruler should behave like a decent person and there's also some amount of meritocracy, although that only goes so far since Lancelot is not allowed to become one of Arthur's knights due to her gender. But monarchy is still a thing. The current arrangement isn't going to produce an heir unless things change. There's doesn't seem to be any sort of succession plan even though Arthur lives a dangerous life.
I appreciated that the the book dealt with the fact that Arthur can be a good king and a good person and also a bad husband. I think it would be very difficult to be in a relationship where you felt you could never be the first priority.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence
Minor: Violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Torture, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury
ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing and Torture
Minor: Rape
ticktock's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Rape
More...