756 reviews for:

The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell

4.07 AVERAGE

nikolastoti's review against another edition

4.0

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This book is an imperfect 5. The only reason it got a 4 is that it really does not need any more 5* and I wanted to showcase the imperfection. I loved the way Cornwell interpreted the Arthurian legend. I love how realistic the whole story is. What I didnt like was the intro. It was very very... boring. Dervel just threw us 10-15 pages of pure lore. I get that this is how he set up the story but I think there were better ways for it. Finally I didnt like Merlyn's final appearance. I didnt like how it served the story. Overall I loved Arthur and of course Dervel. I liked Nimue and Galahand. There is a very good story here. I just wanted a few details ironed out to really say "it was perfect". But the good parts are VERY good.

myckroft's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark sad 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: Yes

richardzx's review against another edition

3.0

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A bit drawn out but managed to hold my attention for most of it.

pinstripepete's review against another edition

5.0

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Same for each in trilogy, great books, better than Uhtred series.

p1jewybielacz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

coley_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

mscookielady's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense 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

notarobot's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

limpfingser's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ag_marion's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated