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A review by nicolewhopickedthisbook
The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, Raymond MacDonald Alden
3.0
Ohhhh classic epic poetry... I was expecting this to be about something else and didn’t read a synopsis before I started... color me surprised when I was half way through and no hide or hair of King Arthur, Merlin, or the Lady of the Lake I was originally thinking of.
Did a little research and found out what this book was actually about Scottish history during the time of King James the V of Scotland and this poem inspired the Highland Revival. Amazing history, just not what I was expecting.
Just as I feared, this poem was very dry and there were entire cantos that I just blocked out, go back and reread it and didn’t really understand it. Most of the time I was like, “what the heck is going on?!”
I think I’ll get more out of researching what this book is about rather than physically reading it.
Did a little research and found out what this book was actually about Scottish history during the time of King James the V of Scotland and this poem inspired the Highland Revival. Amazing history, just not what I was expecting.
Just as I feared, this poem was very dry and there were entire cantos that I just blocked out, go back and reread it and didn’t really understand it. Most of the time I was like, “what the heck is going on?!”
I think I’ll get more out of researching what this book is about rather than physically reading it.