Reviews

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

kaiguerrero's review against another edition

3.0

Es entretenida y además me parece muy interesante como pone de manifiesto como el cristianismo ha querido erradicar el resto de religiones. Quizás es un poco maniquea en ese sentido. Pero en cualquier caso es muy interesante y atrapa. Morgana es maravillosa.
La he disfrutado mucho, en especial los guiños feministas.

elle_jeanne's review against another edition

3.0

A solid 3.5 stars.

sharkiki's review against another edition

4.0

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur, told from the viewpoint of the women around him. It's a novel idea (heh) and it made for a great story. The characters are dynamic and multidimensional. I found myself really caring for them and the situations around them. I also found myself hating quite a few of them too. The book was mostly serious, but had enough quips and one liners to keep the reader entertained. I often found myself chuckling while reading. Despite being based off of a fairly well-known legend, the story was still unpredictable and engaging. It was a good story, and it was good at making me think. It is a long read though, so be prepared. I'm a normally quick reader and this book took months. It was worth every page though, and I highly recommend.

lizzyjane's review against another edition

5.0

Catherine told me to read this book, and it is one of my absolute favorites. She promised to let me borrow the prequels but has yet to cough them up. Maybe on Saturday (hint hint)

moontintedtulips's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

raymond_murphy's review against another edition

3.0

This was a little too long (and in need of some editing) for me to say I REALLY liked it but it was pretty cool. I have to think a little bit more if the author's central criticism of Christianity--that women are the cause and the bearers or original sin--was on point. I think it is, but the narrative itself which--basically credits Morgaine and Vivianne for birthing Mordor who brings down Arthur--seems to reinforce the very idea that Zimmer Bradley reproaches. I can't tell if that contradiction is intentional and meaningful or what.

treesf's review against another edition

4.0

Een boek om in te verdwijnen. Tegelijkertijd zijn er parallellen te trekken naar het heden. De laatste 100 pagina's konden me wat minder boeien.

thelostvoid's review against another edition

Ok so not only did I learn about the author and all the horrific child abuse shit she did, but this was also boring. It was fun for the first couple hundred of pages but then like ... it just kept going and felt stagnant, like nothing was happening and it was gearing up for more nothing to happen for hundreds more pages. I also didn't particularly like the way the characters were written, particularly the female characters who felt like all they were focusing on was which boys were attractive and how they looked in comparison to the other women around them who were competition for either political power, or sexual power. 

Overall I am very glad I gave this a go as I would like to read more Arthurian/Medieval stuff and this is always so highly suggested, but I am equally as glad that I can put it down and move on. 

chaosetc's review against another edition

2.0

I really wanted to like this but it was barely engaging. Basically a harlequin novel with religious tension and inbreeding. It does make you want to root for the pagans though.

chaosetc's review against another edition

3.0

This book seemed to be mostly filler, a necessary bridge to the final book but not much on its own. So many of the ever growing list of character names have a similar sound, such that it became too easy to confuse them after awhile, but I'm not convinced that it'll matter by the end.