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A review by superzygote
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
5.0
The series is much better than I remembered from when I last read them some 7+ years ago. In many ways it is, admittedly, reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings, though I wouldn't go so far as to call it derivative. More that they both seem to draw on some of the same, much older, stories.
I should say the series is also much darker than I remembered. (For example, I had completely no recollection of the scene in which Eilonwy narrowly escapes rape and implied sexual bondage at the hands of Dorath.) Though this series is (I am told) traditionally thought of as the younger child's version of the Lord of the Rings, the world it paints and, more importantly, the consequences the characters face, are to my mind much more real.
I should say the series is also much darker than I remembered. (For example, I had completely no recollection of the scene in which Eilonwy narrowly escapes rape and implied sexual bondage at the hands of Dorath.) Though this series is (I am told) traditionally thought of as the younger child's version of the Lord of the Rings, the world it paints and, more importantly, the consequences the characters face, are to my mind much more real.