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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Els llibres de l'Stephen Lawhead em solen agradar molt, i m'encanta llegir-los... però després de llegir-ne uns quants, m'adono que a vegades em costa una mica d'acabar-los. I aquest no ha estat una excepció: el vaig començar, em va encantar, però vaig començar a distreure'm amb altres llibres i es va quedar a mitges durant un temps. Fins que el vaig tornar a agafar, i em va durar res.
En aquest cas, la història està centrada en en Bran, qui s'acabarà convertint en en Robin Hood. Ens explica des de la seva infantesa i com va perdre els pares (la història del porc senglar és de les que costa d'oblidar!), i com coneix els seus "amics". Fins que tothom el creu mort i comença la "llegenda".
Com en Bran comença a exercitar-se amb l'arc i la fletxa. La història de la Mérian. Com comencen amb el "monstre" del bosc, i com, després de buscar aliats, acaba veient-se abocat a robar i "regalar" els diners.
Com tot canvia en un moment, després d'una llarga nit:
'The day begins,' he said after a moment. 'I want to get started.'
'In a little while,' she suggested. 'Let us enjoy the peace of the moment.'
'No, now,' he countered. 'Bring me my hood and cloack; then wake everyone and assemble them. They should remember this day.'
'Why this day above any other?'
'Because,' explained Bran, 'from this day on, they are no longer fugitives and outcasts. Today they become King Raven's faithful flock.'
Una mica l'inici de la seva història, amb moments èpics, que continua amb dos llibres més. Segur que els següents són tan bons com aquest!
En aquest cas, la història està centrada en en Bran, qui s'acabarà convertint en en Robin Hood. Ens explica des de la seva infantesa i com va perdre els pares (la història del porc senglar és de les que costa d'oblidar!), i com coneix els seus "amics". Fins que tothom el creu mort i comença la "llegenda".
Com en Bran comença a exercitar-se amb l'arc i la fletxa. La història de la Mérian. Com comencen amb el "monstre" del bosc, i com, després de buscar aliats, acaba veient-se abocat a robar i "regalar" els diners.
Com tot canvia en un moment, després d'una llarga nit:
'The day begins,' he said after a moment. 'I want to get started.'
'In a little while,' she suggested. 'Let us enjoy the peace of the moment.'
'No, now,' he countered. 'Bring me my hood and cloack; then wake everyone and assemble them. They should remember this day.'
'Why this day above any other?'
'Because,' explained Bran, 'from this day on, they are no longer fugitives and outcasts. Today they become King Raven's faithful flock.'
Una mica l'inici de la seva història, amb moments èpics, que continua amb dos llibres més. Segur que els següents són tan bons com aquest!
Gave up on the audiobook because of the narrator.
I've liked other Stephen Lawhead books and will try reading this one instead of listening to it. I found the narrator's voice so irritating that I just couldn't take it anymore.
I've liked other Stephen Lawhead books and will try reading this one instead of listening to it. I found the narrator's voice so irritating that I just couldn't take it anymore.
Calling it quits at around 44% in. I put it down a few days ago to see if I'd want to pick this back up, but I really can't be bothered.
Just can't get into it. Plodding pacing, and doesn't really add much new to the story. Really, I think "realism" just might not be my thing when it comes to Robin Hood, because this is definitely lacking in spirit. From what I've read of some reviews, just decided not to push my way through.
Just can't get into it. Plodding pacing, and doesn't really add much new to the story. Really, I think "realism" just might not be my thing when it comes to Robin Hood, because this is definitely lacking in spirit. From what I've read of some reviews, just decided not to push my way through.
Certainly interesting.. I followed along captivated for the first half of the book, but it started to turn into a much more fantasy genre, which isn't bad, but I have to really want to read something if it is along these lines. That is just not my typical read. I am sure the next two books are good as well, but I am not getting as bite at the bit to read them at this time.
I'm interested in the general story, but honestly, the sections with Bran and the female healer really felt fairy-tale-ish and didn't fit with the rest of the story. While the other characters were having realistic reactions, Bran is being 'mystically healed'. I can't quite lay my fingers on it, but it just felt off.
There are a couple of “legends” in British history that many people worldwide know about: one of them is King Arthur and the other is Robin Hood. Arthur has an entire bookshelf of history and fiction written about him, and many of those fiction books profess to be as accurate as the possible truth, even though it is still not fully known if there ever was such a living person. As for Robin Hood, much of the same story and lore shrouds this figure, and yet the amount written about him is small in comparison. There are many seminal works that are considered part of the “King Arthur Cannon,” such as Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, Chretien de Troyes romances, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Mists of Avalon, Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles, and Jack Whyte’s Camulod Chronicles, to name a few. In fact the author, Stephen R. Lawhead, has even written a series about Merlin and Arthur, known as his Pendragon Cycle. There have been mediocre to poor TV shows about he who robs from the rich to feed the poor, but there has never really been an equivalent book series or trilogy about Robin Hood of a high caliber; until now.
Bran ap Brychan doesn’t really know if he ever wants to be king, but his father is a poor monarch who doesn’t treat his subjects of Elfael as well as he should perhaps, but then Bran doesn’t really know what he wants to be. Then all that changes when a group of Normans invade the Welsh kingdom and his father is killed, making Bran the automatic heir. Except the Normans seize the kingdom, awarding it to a bishop and care little for Bran and his supposed claim to this throne. And so begins Bran’s adventure, as he brings together a band of merry men to go see King William and wrest back his kingdom. Thwarted in London, he is told he can have his kingdom back for a ridiculously high amount of money. So Bran sets about getting the money the only way he knows how: from those cursed Normans who stole his land, as well as making sure his people are treated right and well.
Stephen Lawhead presents the first of his impressive trilogy on Robin Hood in Hood, explaining his detailed research in the afterword, and pointing out the unlikelihood of this character living in the thirteenth century in Sherwood Forest and going against King John. Lawhead posits Robin Hood living in the late eleventh century in the time of William the Conqueror and his overtaking of Britain with his Normans. Bran is a Welshman, and the Normans cared little for this distant part of Britain, except when they wanted to make it their own. It makes perfect sense that a man out of legend would rise up to help the people against those dastardly Normans. Lawhead also pulls from Celtic mythology to seamlessly blend with the story. Hood is a great and riveting work of historical fiction that will have any fan of the genre hooked and wanting to read more in the trilogy.
Originally written on March 12, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
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Bran ap Brychan doesn’t really know if he ever wants to be king, but his father is a poor monarch who doesn’t treat his subjects of Elfael as well as he should perhaps, but then Bran doesn’t really know what he wants to be. Then all that changes when a group of Normans invade the Welsh kingdom and his father is killed, making Bran the automatic heir. Except the Normans seize the kingdom, awarding it to a bishop and care little for Bran and his supposed claim to this throne. And so begins Bran’s adventure, as he brings together a band of merry men to go see King William and wrest back his kingdom. Thwarted in London, he is told he can have his kingdom back for a ridiculously high amount of money. So Bran sets about getting the money the only way he knows how: from those cursed Normans who stole his land, as well as making sure his people are treated right and well.
Stephen Lawhead presents the first of his impressive trilogy on Robin Hood in Hood, explaining his detailed research in the afterword, and pointing out the unlikelihood of this character living in the thirteenth century in Sherwood Forest and going against King John. Lawhead posits Robin Hood living in the late eleventh century in the time of William the Conqueror and his overtaking of Britain with his Normans. Bran is a Welshman, and the Normans cared little for this distant part of Britain, except when they wanted to make it their own. It makes perfect sense that a man out of legend would rise up to help the people against those dastardly Normans. Lawhead also pulls from Celtic mythology to seamlessly blend with the story. Hood is a great and riveting work of historical fiction that will have any fan of the genre hooked and wanting to read more in the trilogy.
Originally written on March 12, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
For more reviews, check out Bookbanter.
I was hoping for a lot from this book, a twist to the Robin Hood story, but I found it long-winded and not very interesting. And there was very little action in it.
I pretty much love anything Stephen R. Lawhead has written. This one did not disappoint!
This is such a good, solid story. It has so much and has such wonderful sense of place. The primeval presence of the wood is so rich, I loved wandering those game paths with Bran. I thought the story telling was detailed, clever, and felt very real for that time. The character development was excellent and I want to continue on to see how this merry ban fares further on in the next story. Plus the history was excellent and factual, the research done was evident throughout the entire book which I really appreciated. This was such a great read, a break from some heavier reads I’ve done. There is always something so fantastic, so fun, and adventurous about the tales of Robin Hood and this story really blended history and myth together excellently.
My review is posted on my blog.
http://ibeeeg.blogspot.com/2009/02/hood-by-stephen-lawhead.html
http://ibeeeg.blogspot.com/2009/02/hood-by-stephen-lawhead.html