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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
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:
Complicated
I’ve read so many King Arthur retellings, but Bernard Cornwell’s is hands down the best. I really shouldn’t be surprised, I was in a trancelike state the whole month of January as I devoured The Last Kingdom series. I never thought anything could top that, but here we are. I stayed up until 2am (on a work night) to finish this book, I could not put it down. I can’t stop thinking about it.
The characters, the relationships, the twists and turns, the setting, the action, everything is just done to perfection. It’s everything I ever wanted in a story.
If you’re debating whether or not to read this series, just do it. Just read it. You will not be disappointed.
I’m just slightly afraid of reading the next book. I know how the King Arthur story has to end. And the ending of this book was just so good, I’m not sure I want to let go yet.
The characters, the relationships, the twists and turns, the setting, the action, everything is just done to perfection. It’s everything I ever wanted in a story.
If you’re debating whether or not to read this series, just do it. Just read it. You will not be disappointed.
I’m just slightly afraid of reading the next book. I know how the King Arthur story has to end. And the ending of this book was just so good, I’m not sure I want to let go yet.
Enemy of god.
Merlin's Beard, I adore the writing of Bernard Cornwell.
In the second part of the best Reinterpretation of King Arthur's legend, we pick up where we last left off. This time, however, the focus is more on Dervel's story than on Arthur's.
This one also has way more action than the other previous one. I totally loved the combination of Arthur's pacifist politics and the Harsh battle action from his most loyal supporter, Dervel.
The main character got much more time to shine in this volume, making for some direly needed character development.
I enjoyed Enemy of god a lot more than The Winter King. I am curious about what will happen next, and I look forward to the final volume of the Warlord Chronicles.
Merlin's Beard, I adore the writing of Bernard Cornwell.
In the second part of the best Reinterpretation of King Arthur's legend, we pick up where we last left off. This time, however, the focus is more on Dervel's story than on Arthur's.
This one also has way more action than the other previous one. I totally loved the combination of Arthur's pacifist politics and the Harsh battle action from his most loyal supporter, Dervel.
The main character got much more time to shine in this volume, making for some direly needed character development.
I enjoyed Enemy of god a lot more than The Winter King. I am curious about what will happen next, and I look forward to the final volume of the Warlord Chronicles.
‘It’s been ill-ruled, Derfel, ill-ruled.’ He spoke with a deep distaste. To the rest of us corrupt government was as natural as snow in winter or flowers in the springtime, but Arthur was genuinely horrified by it.
A great continuation of Cornwell's King Arthur re-telling, picking up right where the first book left off. As with the first in the series, there are some duller sections but the highpoints are perhaps even higher here than they were in the first book, especially the finale. I'm looking forward to reading the last book and beyond that I will definitely be checking out more of Cornwell's work.
A great continuation of Cornwell's King Arthur re-telling, picking up right where the first book left off. As with the first in the series, there are some duller sections but the highpoints are perhaps even higher here than they were in the first book, especially the finale. I'm looking forward to reading the last book and beyond that I will definitely be checking out more of Cornwell's work.
I did start to struggle with this book a little because of all of the sacrifices and torture of animals to please 'the gods' Now I'm guessing that this is all true and I get that these books are very much about the old ways and how utterly alien these people are to is but ugghhhh. It just really upsets me to read how little these people seemed to care about animals. And it actually stopped me from liking the characters to some extent.
This is just me though. I have a really low threshold for this kind of thing.
I also struggled with the battles in the book. My interest waned a little at these points. It's fine though because others than these little issues this is another great book. Christianity takes hold of Britain with horrible consequences. Women are again treated absolutely appallingly and the scheming plunges the characters into another war.
This is just me though. I have a really low threshold for this kind of thing.
I also struggled with the battles in the book. My interest waned a little at these points. It's fine though because others than these little issues this is another great book. Christianity takes hold of Britain with horrible consequences. Women are again treated absolutely appallingly and the scheming plunges the characters into another war.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
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
Throughout me reading this book I couldn't let go of this feeling that the original novel in The Warlord Chronicles was so much better. But how ignorant was i- This may not supersede the first book but it at least reaches it's level of quality, and it does so in a completely different way. Bernard almost plays with the concept of the first person perspective. Using it and manipulating it into giving the reader a false sense of security, but the genius of how the perspective is used leads to a whole series of events. Which to the uninformed reader may seem unconnected & unimportant connect and intertwine leading to that final Ah-ha! or perhaps Oh-no! in the final Act. Speaking of that final act, WOW easily the best part of the series so far. It's the rawness and emotion that I loved about the first novel. Even surpassing it, character-wise giving people like Morgan way more screen-time to shine. The finale is so unwaveringly epic, it recontextualizes the whole novel and revealed to me that Bernard knew what he was doing the whole time. It took a while to get there but Enemy Of God is a worthy sequel to it's predecessor.
Just as good as the first one, perhaps even a tad better.
content warnings: weird and disturbing pagan rituals, violence (+ a child dies on page), nudity, sexual situations (off-page rape, disturbing orgies for the goddess isis, adultery, etc)