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A review by carlitos95
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
3.0
This was perfectly fine.
In Part 1 I don't think I could have given less of a bollocks about any of the numerous characters that were not named Arthur or Merlin and I was quite frankly indignant at the lack of both characters.
But as time went on, I did get sucked into the tale being told by this bland white bread dryshite Derfel. Other characters around him keep this ship afloat for me, and the story itself was compelling by the second and third sections.
I do like that BERnard converted this mythical fantasy story into a believable historical fiction, but it does come at the cost of some of the awe and magic of the tale. Although Nimue, Merlin and Guinevere do maintain that flame of mystical allure.
A decent book.
I feel the need to clarify that I didn't audio this, as people seem to really love that. I don't tend to audio much.. but I did sample it and it was fine apart from the guy's awful Irish accents
In Part 1 I don't think I could have given less of a bollocks about any of the numerous characters that were not named Arthur or Merlin and I was quite frankly indignant at the lack of both characters.
But as time went on, I did get sucked into the tale being told by this bland white bread dryshite Derfel. Other characters around him keep this ship afloat for me, and the story itself was compelling by the second and third sections.
I do like that BERnard converted this mythical fantasy story into a believable historical fiction, but it does come at the cost of some of the awe and magic of the tale. Although Nimue, Merlin and Guinevere do maintain that flame of mystical allure.
A decent book.
I feel the need to clarify that I didn't audio this, as people seem to really love that. I don't tend to audio much.. but I did sample it and it was fine apart from the guy's awful Irish accents