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A review by tavern_bard
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
2.0
I... am conflicted about this one. On one hand, I want to read everything 'Robin Hood,' because I am obsessed.. but when I started reading this, I just didn't see the similarities. I understand that it's explained at the end how the author came to Wales through the mystery of the legend's origin, sure, but when I want to read Robin Hood, I want to read the legend for the story that we know, not 'what's probably more realistic.'
I love the writing, no doubt. Like, as a fantasy book by itself, it's great! But when you have everyone else even named the same, Merian, John, Tuck, why only change the main name of 'Robin'? Bran means nothing to me, because it's Bran, not 'Robin.' It's not a big deal, but it's a different feeling, I don't know how to explain it. I loved the action parts most, which is strange, because usually in books like this, the action is so hard to understand; but this time, it makes for a bad-ass scene I could get excited about. It's too bad there's only maybe like two or three of those scenes that I can recall, where 'Bran' has to actually fight someone, and I thought, 'man that was freakin' cool.'
It should be fun to watch the gang pull the kind of pranks they're known for, like dressing up as ghosts to scare travellers. But there's this aura around everything that makes it all so serious, and I think that's what I miss most of the legend, the humor. I like the story as a story itself, but to me, 'Bran' just isn't Robin, which is fine, but not what I expected.
I love the writing, no doubt. Like, as a fantasy book by itself, it's great! But when you have everyone else even named the same, Merian, John, Tuck, why only change the main name of 'Robin'? Bran means nothing to me, because it's Bran, not 'Robin.' It's not a big deal, but it's a different feeling, I don't know how to explain it. I loved the action parts most, which is strange, because usually in books like this, the action is so hard to understand; but this time, it makes for a bad-ass scene I could get excited about. It's too bad there's only maybe like two or three of those scenes that I can recall, where 'Bran' has to actually fight someone, and I thought, 'man that was freakin' cool.'
Spoiler
(Where he attacked those soldiers hurting the farm family, when he was fleeing through the forest, and when they were fleeing with Merrian.)It should be fun to watch the gang pull the kind of pranks they're known for, like dressing up as ghosts to scare travellers. But there's this aura around everything that makes it all so serious, and I think that's what I miss most of the legend, the humor. I like the story as a story itself, but to me, 'Bran' just isn't Robin, which is fine, but not what I expected.