A review by alireuter
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

2.75

I’ve always loved the arthurian legends (stemming from the uk show merlin) & this was a good book to show the origin stories of arthur & merlin. i was surprised by the structure; it being more of a collection of short stories rather than a linear plot & it some ways i think this worked however i would i’ve preferred the traditional choice. this is especially clear in the random six year jump at the end of the book so the character i had been learning to understand may have completely changed without my knowledge, limiting my perception of arthur as a whole. what also annoyed me is that the actual plot that i had been waiting for did not happen until the last fifteen pages & was also not explored further at all. i get that this is the first of a series & also a children’s book but it just irritated me. i think the best part of the book was when robin hood & maid marian showed up for a few chapters. does anyone know where camelot is supposed to reside? i want to learn more of arthurian legends but perhaps not through this series…