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foxconfessor 's review for:
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
I only have a vague memory of reading this and the Blue Sword when I was maybe in early high school. I really didn't appreciate them properly! Reading them now (in my 30s) felt nostalgic on a lot of levels; there's something about the way they're written maybe, storytelling has changed a lot from the 80s. Makes me want to read more McKinley and more Le Guin - there was a lot about Aerin's story that reminded me a bit of A Wizard of Earthsea, which I loved.
The Blue Sword felt more straight forward in its plotting, The Hero and the Crown meanders quite a bit and feels like an epic, old legend. While the order doesn't necessarily matter, I'm glad I took the time to go and reread the Blue Sword again first... and now I kind of want to go back and read it again.
The Blue Sword felt more straight forward in its plotting, The Hero and the Crown meanders quite a bit and feels like an epic, old legend. While the order doesn't necessarily matter, I'm glad I took the time to go and reread the Blue Sword again first... and now I kind of want to go back and read it again.