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adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
T.H White really living up to his name huh
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism
Moderate: Rape
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this one mainly because of how inspirational it has been for a lot of fantasy writers. Overall it had some good, funny moments, but was very of it's time - several instances of WWII era casual racism/sexism.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, War
Minor: Racism, Sexism
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Violence
Minor: Racism
I read this a long time ago and forgot that the asides by the narrator are randomly sexist in a way that doesn’t contribute to the narrative and unpleasantly distracts from the main story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Sexism, Violence
Minor: Racism
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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
“In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat. It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. It was practically the same as the steel helmet which soldiers still wear, and it did not make a good mirror, but it was the best he could get. He turned the hat in various directions, hoping to get an average idea of his face from the different distoritons which the bulges made. He was trying to find out what he was, and he was afraid of what he would find.
The boy thought that there was something wrong with him. All through his life--even when he was a great man with the world at his feet--he was to feel this gap: something at the bottom of his heart of which he was aware, and ashamed, but which he did not understand. There is no need for us to try to understand it. We do not have to dabble in a place which he preferred to keep secret.”
this book fucked me UP. 4 stars for yearning queer Lancelot & his trauma, .5 stars for being an engaging retelling of the Arthur mythos + having fascinating commentary on mythmaking and history and so on. #priorities
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Grief
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Racism