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daemonad's review
3.0
People who complain of flat characters in this book are wrong. What Druon has done and quite masterfully is distill each character to his/her essence. He captures the mindset of medieval people of different classes a lot better than most writers of today who are busy shoving modern themes into the past.
I didn't like the style where the narrator makes comments about the event or people. It pulled me out of the story, but that's a matter of personal preference. Druon had also so many interesting subplots (all of them a tributaries of the main plot that carries Filip the Fair to his poignant end). I found myself craving a whole book about a minor character like Everard.
I didn't like the style where the narrator makes comments about the event or people. It pulled me out of the story, but that's a matter of personal preference. Druon had also so many interesting subplots (all of them a tributaries of the main plot that carries Filip the Fair to his poignant end). I found myself craving a whole book about a minor character like Everard.
yulannu's review
3.0
People who complain of flat characters in this book are wrong. What Druon has done and quite masterfully is distill each character to his/her essence. He captures the mindset of medieval people of different classes a lot better than most writers of today who are busy shoving modern themes into the past.
I didn't like the style where the narrator makes comments about the event or people. It pulled me out of the story, but that's a matter of personal preference. Druon had also so many interesting subplots (all of them a tributaries of the main plot that carries Filip the Fair to his poignant end). I found myself craving a whole book about a minor character like Everard.
I didn't like the style where the narrator makes comments about the event or people. It pulled me out of the story, but that's a matter of personal preference. Druon had also so many interesting subplots (all of them a tributaries of the main plot that carries Filip the Fair to his poignant end). I found myself craving a whole book about a minor character like Everard.
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