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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Todo lo que escriba Kiersten White es un maravilloso arte. Este libro no es la excepción.
After I finished this book I slept on it so I could give it a fair review.
I did not absolutely love this book, but I did not hate it either. I am very familiar with King Arthur, his knights, and of course the wizard; Merlin. I have always loved the children’s stories and the movie adaptations, so I was really excited to read my first retelling of his story!
However, I found this story to be agonizingly slow!!! It took me way longer than I wanted to finish this book and I had to convince myself at times to just keep reading because the story will pickup! It did not pickup until about the last 50 pages of this 300+ page story when I felt like the story finally began. I just remember this thought that came to me while reading this book: “Man, when is the real story going to START, what’s the point!?” I also had a difficult time growing attached to the characters as well.
Aside from all of that, I did like Kiersten White’s interpretation of King Arthur’s story and I got very excited when she introduced my favorite knight in the story! I am hoping that this VERY slow paced book was needed in order to lay the foundation in this trilogy, and book 2 is a page turner now that the deception is out of the bag (this is not a spoiler because it’s not what you think!) So I will be reading book 2 when it comes out, because I do like the magic in this story, and I am very curious about how the main characters love interest will play out in the next book.
I’d still recommend reading this book because you may absolutely love it! I probably won’t re-read this book when the next installment comes out, but I will still read book 2 in the hopes of the story picking up! Happy reading!
I did not absolutely love this book, but I did not hate it either. I am very familiar with King Arthur, his knights, and of course the wizard; Merlin. I have always loved the children’s stories and the movie adaptations, so I was really excited to read my first retelling of his story!
However, I found this story to be agonizingly slow!!! It took me way longer than I wanted to finish this book and I had to convince myself at times to just keep reading because the story will pickup! It did not pickup until about the last 50 pages of this 300+ page story when I felt like the story finally began. I just remember this thought that came to me while reading this book: “Man, when is the real story going to START, what’s the point!?” I also had a difficult time growing attached to the characters as well.
Aside from all of that, I did like Kiersten White’s interpretation of King Arthur’s story and I got very excited when she introduced my favorite knight in the story! I am hoping that this VERY slow paced book was needed in order to lay the foundation in this trilogy, and book 2 is a page turner now that the deception is out of the bag (this is not a spoiler because it’s not what you think!) So I will be reading book 2 when it comes out, because I do like the magic in this story, and I am very curious about how the main characters love interest will play out in the next book.
I’d still recommend reading this book because you may absolutely love it! I probably won’t re-read this book when the next installment comes out, but I will still read book 2 in the hopes of the story picking up! Happy reading!
Was absolutely not expecting that wild ride, and I will be most certainly reading the second the day it comes out.
So I don't know what happened. This started so strong and I was like YES GIRL LETS DO THIS. But then nothing kept happening. For a really, really long time, nothing happened. I DO NOT LIKE ARTHUR. And not because he's unlikeable but because he's made out of cardboard. He has no nuance. He has no competing motives. He just exists. Guinevere herself is not much better.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“I think," Guinevere said, making her voice as light and breezy as the summer day around them, "I have found my new preferred form of transportation. I will never walk again. Nor shall I ride horses. I want to be carried everywhere by a king.”
The concept and plot of this story sounded very intriguing to me, hence why I did pick it up. First off, I must say that reading it with the audiobook, enhanced my experience a lot. The narrator has a very suiting and pleasant voice to listen to, and it made it more enjoyable than if I would have read it without it. Although I did like the 'general idea' of the book, I must admit that I am a bit dubious about it.
This book left us way too long into the dark, and it dragged itself on way too long. I could not find a connection with any of the characters and they felt a bit flat; They did not have a real personality to them. I would have loved to see more descriptive world and character building, because I think that the scenery of the time that it had to be set in, was not captured the way that it could have been captured. Like a portrait that misses its finishing touch.
What I experienced, in general, is that whenever an event build to a certain point of tension, it timited down and it self-deprived. There was no steamy romance, nor the friendships build through-out this book were nothing to write home about. However, because this book had a particular 'serene' feeling to it, it still was likable enough for me to continue on with it.
I am not one to pass with a series, if the first book was not out of the roof, because the rise that it made towards the ending, made me curious to see how the story is going to develop itself. I might continue on and look at which point this re-telling is going to end up.
Popsugar Reading Challenge (2020) prompt: A book with more than 20 letters in its title.
The concept and plot of this story sounded very intriguing to me, hence why I did pick it up. First off, I must say that reading it with the audiobook, enhanced my experience a lot. The narrator has a very suiting and pleasant voice to listen to, and it made it more enjoyable than if I would have read it without it. Although I did like the 'general idea' of the book, I must admit that I am a bit dubious about it.
This book left us way too long into the dark, and it dragged itself on way too long. I could not find a connection with any of the characters and they felt a bit flat; They did not have a real personality to them. I would have loved to see more descriptive world and character building, because I think that the scenery of the time that it had to be set in, was not captured the way that it could have been captured. Like a portrait that misses its finishing touch.
What I experienced, in general, is that whenever an event build to a certain point of tension, it timited down and it self-deprived. There was no steamy romance, nor the friendships build through-out this book were nothing to write home about. However, because this book had a particular 'serene' feeling to it, it still was likable enough for me to continue on with it.
I am not one to pass with a series, if the first book was not out of the roof, because the rise that it made towards the ending, made me curious to see how the story is going to develop itself. I might continue on and look at which point this re-telling is going to end up.
Popsugar Reading Challenge (2020) prompt: A book with more than 20 letters in its title.
I LOVED this book and I can't wait for the second book. I did not anticipate the major plot twist at the end. Totally wasn't prepared for that and I will be patiently waiting for part 2.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Nothing happened until the last like 50 pages.
The only reason that this book took so long to read was because reading it made me want to read merthur fanfic instead.
Sid note, Guinevere gets lifted or thrown or twirled like 50 time in this book. At one point she is being kidnapped and she is thrown onto a horse. That’s just really funny to me
The only reason that this book took so long to read was because reading it made me want to read merthur fanfic instead.
Sid note, Guinevere gets lifted or thrown or twirled like 50 time in this book. At one point she is being kidnapped and she is thrown onto a horse. That’s just really funny to me