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caterwaul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Religious bigotry, and Infertility
Moderate: Abortion, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Infidelity
Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship
morganrie's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
micaelabrody's review against another edition
2.0
but man has it not aged well. even setting aside mzb herself (which i do only for this review. that’s why i’d never intended to reread this), it is 500-700 pages too long (based on the ebook at a whopping 1700!). there’s a lot of arthurian legend to get through but you reach the point when morgaine marries uriens and it feels like that really should be closer to the end but there’s STILL so much more to go! and honestly the ending is such a cop out. morgaine spends the entire book raging on behalf of avalon and the cultural genocide of her people (and she’s right) just to say “oh actually violent christian dominance is good bc they worship mary”? the characters are broadly consistent but moment to moment contradictory - does she love lancelet or not? morgaine switches off even in her own internal monologue with no acknowledgment of the change! - and the pacing is iffy at best.
it’s still okay, but the towering work of fiction i remember is simply not here. it’s just a kind of overwritten historical reimagining and sits nicely on a shelf with outlander. i will always love the version of morgaine she created but i wish that morgaine had been in a better book written by a less gross person.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape