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Enemy of God

Bernard Cornwell

4.36 AVERAGE

philnox's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrtheprofessor's review against another edition

4.0

This series continues to fascinate me. A revisionist telling of the Arthurian Legend from the perspective of one of his most trusted allies, Lord Derfel, now Brother Derfel the monk describing his association with Arthur and his warriors to the current queen of Dumnonia. Extremely violent and upsetting, this is in a similar vein to the Game of Thrones books, except that you have some idea of what's going to happen and who is going to live and die. The second book is more warring with the Saxons, the rise of Christianity, the quest for the Grail (in this telling, the Cauldron), the Round Table and the Lancelot and Guinevere saga. Cornwell is great at describing how characters think, their motivations and why the Arthur Legends exist. With the focus on Christianity in this book you get a good sense of why things are so confused between magic and Christian myths, at least how they could get mixed up in the days of early Christianity in the British Isles if Arthur and some of the stories around him were real, though Cornwell makes a point of stating that he is not attempting to write historical fiction.

soonerfreak's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another great Arthur tale where both he and our narrator Derfel go through amazing growth. Had me in the edge of my seat and the story really just moves along at a great ta pace.

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amcass'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: Yes

chrisnin64's review against another edition

5.0

I feel like I need a cigarette after that book. Whew. It was that good.

2023 review: couldn’t put it down, it’s so good

steve_0526's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

truncarlos's review against another edition

5.0

Empiezo a pensar que Bernard Cornwell no tiene comparación a la hora de escribir ficción histórica. No es sólo que no haya bajado un ápice la calidad de esta novela respecto de la primera entrega de la trilogía, sino que logra un efecto que muchas novelas prometen y luego no logro experimentar en casi ninguna: empatizas profundamente con los personajes, quieres que triunfen, quieres que fracasen, quieres que se recuperen cuando se encuentran mal.

Me flipa esa sensación tan fuerte que experimentas cuando sabes con certeza que una narración te va a atrapar y que, sea cuando sea, narre lo que narre, te va a entretener y retener. Este libro lo logra sin duda. Puedes planearte una tarde de leer esta novela sin temor a aburrirte y acabes mirando Twitter.

Ahora ya sé lo que es una cota maclada, un soldado de leva, una barrera de escudos, el conflicto druídico-cristiano en Britania durante las guerras con los sajones, el culto a Isis en la Britania romana, los nombres antiguos de ciudades británicas actuales, y también sé más de la visión de la mujer en estos tiempos. Ninguno de los temas que trata Cornwell con agilidad y pluralidad pasan desapercibidos.

¡Que lo leáis!