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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
Sinto que autora tentou fazer uma história feminista e acabou por demonstrar seu próprio conservadorismo. Entendo que seja uma história mística e mágica, mas a forma que trata as personagens como peões de religiões e/ou homens e “motivos maiores” enquanto se negam e sofrem me irritou um pouco. Sinto também que os “plot twists” foram fracos e mal pensados por vezes, o tópico das almas gêmeas mal trabalhado e a súbita mudança de opinião de Igraine em relação à Uther e Morgana em relação ao filho absolutamente terríveis. Às vezes senti uma certa “desculpa” a comportamentos masculinos, abuso e estupro e, no geral, é um livro fraco.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I vividly remember reading (and adoring) this book in junior high. I'm due for a re-read, however, as my junior high self and I don't always see eye to eye on book quality.
First read this when I was a teenager and after a few book disappointments, decided to give it another spin to see if it held up. Short answer: yes, absolutely.
Long answer: it's a long book which slowly tells the story of Arthur from the perspective of the women that surround him, primarily focusing on Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar. What makes the book work, in my opinion, is the humanity the author brings to the characters. They seem real and have real emotions and desires. The story moves between periods of relative calm to moments of absolute drama that upend the status quo and thrust things in new directions.
I'm aware that the author is problematic in her real life, but despite that she managed to write a masterpiece in this work.
Long answer: it's a long book which slowly tells the story of Arthur from the perspective of the women that surround him, primarily focusing on Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar. What makes the book work, in my opinion, is the humanity the author brings to the characters. They seem real and have real emotions and desires. The story moves between periods of relative calm to moments of absolute drama that upend the status quo and thrust things in new directions.
I'm aware that the author is problematic in her real life, but despite that she managed to write a masterpiece in this work.
This is taking me forever to read but I LOVE this book. This book is nothing like I thought it was going to be. I am not a big King Arthur fan - I've always thought a story based on the downfall of a noble king b/c his wife and best friend cheat on him is miserable and have had no desire to read such nonsense. I was wrong. The Mists is an amazing book. I get really really sad while reading it sometimes though and have had to put it down for a week or so and read a few light hearted books or school books. I really love this book though....still a few hundred pages from finishing but this is an amazing read. It has also challenged me to think in different ways about things such as religion. One moment I'm enraged by Christians and the next I'm quoting "All Gods are one God" and such....
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It took me forever to finish this book...for many reasons. Towards the end I didn't want it to end so I kept dragging it out. I LOVE this book. It's very well written. Morgan la Fey is now one of my favorite characters in literature. On one hand my heart was broken by this book and on the other hand my heart and soul were comforted.
For the most part I feel like Bradley did a wonderful job representing the period and the people. There were moments though when I could tell it was written in the 1960s. Such moments as when the females were thinking about how they longed to keep their thin figures. I've not studied that period very much but I was under the impression food was scarce enough that being slightly plump was in fashion because it meant you actually ate. The women this story were constantly not eating and thinking about how thin some other woman was and being jealous or the like. I'm not sure if this was a reflection of the period or the 1960s. Besides a few moments like that the book seemed to be true to the period.
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It took me forever to finish this book...for many reasons. Towards the end I didn't want it to end so I kept dragging it out. I LOVE this book. It's very well written. Morgan la Fey is now one of my favorite characters in literature. On one hand my heart was broken by this book and on the other hand my heart and soul were comforted.
For the most part I feel like Bradley did a wonderful job representing the period and the people. There were moments though when I could tell it was written in the 1960s. Such moments as when the females were thinking about how they longed to keep their thin figures. I've not studied that period very much but I was under the impression food was scarce enough that being slightly plump was in fashion because it meant you actually ate. The women this story were constantly not eating and thinking about how thin some other woman was and being jealous or the like. I'm not sure if this was a reflection of the period or the 1960s. Besides a few moments like that the book seemed to be true to the period.
A feminist retelling of the Arthurian tale that remains one of my all-time favorites. I hesitate to read it again because I don't want to break the spell that it created at a very particular time in my young life.
Boy, have I never been as glad to not especially like a book.