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A review by expendablemudge
Brothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper Fox
3.0
Real Rating: 2.5* of five, rounded up because reasons
Too many anachronisms in two chapters. The first one damn near derailed me: the Abbott's spyglass. Such a thing *did*not*exist* until 1608, a thousand years after this tale is set; then the monastery had glazed windows in its infirmary. The Abbott's writing project? Codswallop! Maybe if we'd been in the Byzantine Empire I could've bought one of those (not the spyglass) but the ass end of creation (north of England)? NO.
I liked the evocative descriptions of the wild land. Mostly I just don't want to crap all over others' pleasure read. But if you're au fait with this time period's realities I'm gonna wave you off. It's not going to work out well between you and the book.
Too many anachronisms in two chapters. The first one damn near derailed me: the Abbott's spyglass. Such a thing *did*not*exist* until 1608, a thousand years after this tale is set; then the monastery had glazed windows in its infirmary. The Abbott's writing project? Codswallop! Maybe if we'd been in the Byzantine Empire I could've bought one of those (not the spyglass) but the ass end of creation (north of England)? NO.
I liked the evocative descriptions of the wild land. Mostly I just don't want to crap all over others' pleasure read. But if you're au fait with this time period's realities I'm gonna wave you off. It's not going to work out well between you and the book.