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The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
1.5 ☆
point is, bradley was a piece of shit
i struggled with this book for such a long time & kept taking breaks from it & tbh there was only one fragment (by which i mean like 200-300 pages) that i truly enjoyed - when young morgaine was staying at court. and yes, the book is mostly in her pov but actually almost every woman gets some chapters in her own pov: igraine (terribly infantile in her youth), morgause (it seems she mostly cared abt power & then young men in her bad), viviane (one of the only ones who didn't leave much of an impression), gwenhwyfar (the main reason for my drudgery! i never knew if i should laugh at her or cry). those changes in pov were a great way to let the story focus on feelings and life & schemes at court (tho in this case 'scheme' is a rly big word...) instead of only fighting and endless wars. which leads us to the conclusion that 'the mists...' are actually nothing but a romance. it has a wonderful, rich background, sure, but that doesn't change the fact that everywhere u look there's some fool in love & indeed love seems like the main reason for making any decisions.
point is, bradley was a piece of shit
i struggled with this book for such a long time & kept taking breaks from it & tbh there was only one fragment (by which i mean like 200-300 pages) that i truly enjoyed - when young morgaine was staying at court. and yes, the book is mostly in her pov but actually almost every woman gets some chapters in her own pov: igraine (terribly infantile in her youth), morgause (it seems she mostly cared abt power & then young men in her bad), viviane (one of the only ones who didn't leave much of an impression), gwenhwyfar (the main reason for my drudgery! i never knew if i should laugh at her or cry). those changes in pov were a great way to let the story focus on feelings and life & schemes at court (tho in this case 'scheme' is a rly big word...) instead of only fighting and endless wars. which leads us to the conclusion that 'the mists...' are actually nothing but a romance. it has a wonderful, rich background, sure, but that doesn't change the fact that everywhere u look there's some fool in love & indeed love seems like the main reason for making any decisions.