A review by cphenly
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.0

I read this book when it was first published, and at least once after that, but that was at least 20 years ago. I loved it then, but did not love it as much this time, primarily because the character of Guinevere, as portrayed here, drove me insane. She is represented as the absolute worst of religious fanaticism, and the number of people she brought down because of her holier-than-thou hypocrisy was absolutely maddening. The audio version, which I listened to this time around, is beautifully read by Davina Porter, but I spent a lot of time yelling at the audio player in the car because every time Guinevere showed up I ended up enraged. The current political climate is perhaps not the best background for the reading of this book, which is obviously in many ways prescient.