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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
danielmolloy's review against another edition
adventurous
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? Yes
5.0
in case i want to look back in the future: yeah this is where the arthurian phase started
thechroniclesofnae's review against another edition
5.0
C'est un livre que j'ai lu en cours en étant plus jeune. Mais après l'avoir lu à un âge plus mur je peux dire à présent que c'est un de mes livres préférés. Si vous aimez les chevaliers de la tables rondes et le médiéval il est également pour vous.
deeplyanchored's review
3.0
Prêtez-moi le coeur et l'oreille car la parole se perd si le coeur n'entend pas.
immy_25's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
prolixity's review against another edition
3.0
The great thing about classics like this one is that we’ve gained this great reverence for them, maybe just by virtue of how old and enduring they are, but so often if you actually take the time to read them you find they’re quite entertaining. To people in Chrétien de Troyes’ time, the idea of studying “low entertainment” like this would’ve been absurd—and yet I’m writing an essay on this very book for my Western Classics in Translation class.
When you get past the pretence that capital-C Classics are complicated books for big-brained lit majors, there’s a lot of fun to be had. Like Yvain, in which our titular knight really just manufactures his own problems and then laments them. He kills a giant, adopts a lion, and fights a bunch of people but for seemingly no other reason than that it’s something to do. And there’s this side plot about Love and the pain of losing it and whatever but the only reason Yvain’s lover broke up with him is because he couldn’t bring himself to stop jousting all the goddamn time. It’s fun and it’s dumb and I love that I was so apprehensive about reading a twelfth century French chivalric romance only for it to turn out to be little more than a rollicking bedtime story.
When you get past the pretence that capital-C Classics are complicated books for big-brained lit majors, there’s a lot of fun to be had. Like Yvain, in which our titular knight really just manufactures his own problems and then laments them. He kills a giant, adopts a lion, and fights a bunch of people but for seemingly no other reason than that it’s something to do. And there’s this side plot about Love and the pain of losing it and whatever but the only reason Yvain’s lover broke up with him is because he couldn’t bring himself to stop jousting all the goddamn time. It’s fun and it’s dumb and I love that I was so apprehensive about reading a twelfth century French chivalric romance only for it to turn out to be little more than a rollicking bedtime story.
eleanorflovver's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.5
ryancheeseberg's review against another edition
5.0
I had so much fun reading this. I'll definitely be reading it again in the future.
ekxv's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-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
3.5
akkheza's review against another edition
Ce bouquin, je l'ai lu quand j'étais en 5ème, et de ce que je me souviens, je n'avais pas franchement aimé. Déjà, les histoires de chevaliers ne m'ont jamais transcendée, puis, le style est particulier. Pas incompréhensible (parce que j'ai lu une version du texte modernisée), juste, il ne correspond pas spécialement à mes goûts. Il est le reflet de la manière dont les gens s'exprimaient à l'époque, donc évidemment que la valeur historique de ce récit est précieuse, mais en terme d'appréciation de lecture, ça m'ennuyait plus qu'autre chose. Cette quête perpétuelle ne m'a pas captivée du tout.