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lamusadelils's review against another edition
4.0
Aunque había leído sobre algunas de estas historias, nunca me había tomado al tiempo de conocerlas a fondo. El Mabinogion no es tan conocido ya, pero su influencia está marcada en mucha literatura galesa.
Aunque esta es solo una reinterpretación, es fascinante. Es como leer clásicos griegos, romanos, indios, mayas... donde se nos muestra una cosmovisión compleja y sus personajes son reflejo de la personalidad, intereses y pasiones de cada cultura.
Definitivamente quiero leer los demás.
Aunque esta es solo una reinterpretación, es fascinante. Es como leer clásicos griegos, romanos, indios, mayas... donde se nos muestra una cosmovisión compleja y sus personajes son reflejo de la personalidad, intereses y pasiones de cada cultura.
Definitivamente quiero leer los demás.
arthurbdd's review
3.0
The first of Evangeline Walton's expansions of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi was written last -which leaves Walton slightly in a corner, since she has to bear with the decisions she's previously made in the series, but it also means it might be the most skillfully-written of them all. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2022/07/09/repairing-the-tapestry-of-the-mabinogion/
quoththegirl's review against another edition
3.0
Aside from the touches of Welsh in it, it was only ok. I don't think I'll bother tracking down the rest of the tetrology.
murmuration19's review against another edition
3.0
The first of a tetralogy of short novels, published in an omnibus edition. A little hard to follow at times, but a good story. The main problem was the profusion of typos. I'm talking big typos too, like a word misspelled in the title of one of the books in the inside flap of the dust jacket. I mean, seriously? Here's the punchline: the publisher of this edition is Overlook Press. Yes, they overlooked quite a lot. Ba-dum-chah. You can't make this stuff up.
belwau's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
veethorn's review against another edition
4.0
The story of how Watson finally achieved literary fame is a remarkable one - worth looking up. And this book is so good.
poirotketchup's review against another edition
3.0
This is the second I've read of Walton's retellings of the Mabinogion. This isn't as artfully composed as the first she wrote, The Island of the Mighty. In that story, her politics seemed to flow naturally, but here they only reminded me of the contrast between the way the Celts treated women and the way we romantics would like to imagine they did. But, Walton fleshes out Pwyll's journey through the underworld with haunting images that help move the story into nearly a bildungsroman and deepen its romance.
octavia_cade's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars, rounding up to 4. My favourite of Walton's Mabinogion retellings thus far, I think because the conflict here is primarily internal rather than a series of battles in which relatively unsympathetic characters take part. There's still plenty of action, but the action here is more metaphorical - when Pwyll is fighting the bird-demon, for instance, it's clear that the bird is representative of self-doubt rather than a straight-up feathery monster. And because the story is so focused on Pwyll's internal journey, I ended up feeling more for him than I do for most of Walton's other characters - while realising that this series is well-written, I've felt little emotional response to the previous books. I actually cared about what was happening here (on top of admiring the technique of it all) so that was an improvement.
pdxpiney's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
jmeston's review against another edition
4.0
What a delightful find. Simple language, evocative imagining of the legends. Reminded me of a translation of the stories of Cuchulain I read (some time ago, can't remember author, argh). Plenty of gender conflict material here with the Old Tribes matrilineal (ignorant of father's role in child creation) and the New Tribes patrilineal.