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A review by kyratt
The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I wasn't sure where the story would go after the ending of part three, but it was a very logical sequel. The writing was superb and I ended up really liking Mordred as a main character.
I loved the sense the characters had. There was drama, but it was mostly due to misunderstanding, not because either Mordred or Arthur stopped thinking sensibly. Aah if only people had better/faster forms of commuication back in the day!
The Orkney brothers and the legacy their mother left in them was a great theme throughout the book, which made the story unpredictable. This part of the series might actually be my favourite so far. I found Mordred much easier to identify with than Merlin. Too bad the women in this book didn't get any other storylines than 'evil witch' or 'incredibly pure unatainable beauty'. There were some hardworking loving women, but they were deemed unimportant. Maybe this is due to the time the story plays out in, or the decade the series was written in.
Overall, a great read!
I loved the sense the characters had. There was drama, but it was mostly due to misunderstanding, not because either Mordred or Arthur stopped thinking sensibly. Aah if only people had better/faster forms of commuication back in the day!
The Orkney brothers and the legacy their mother left in them was a great theme throughout the book, which made the story unpredictable. This part of the series might actually be my favourite so far. I found Mordred much easier to identify with than Merlin. Too bad the women in this book didn't get any other storylines than 'evil witch' or 'incredibly pure unatainable beauty'. There were some hardworking loving women, but they were deemed unimportant. Maybe this is due to the time the story plays out in, or the decade the series was written in.
Overall, a great read!