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ledoyster 's review for:
The Winter King
by Bernard Cornwell
This is the first Cornwell's book I read, and he has totally changed the way a appreciate literature.
The one thing I like the most about him is that in his writing there is no room for useless descriptions or words. It is almost raw on its pragmatism, but it is far from poor or blunt. If a character is seeking a object for pages and pages, when it is time for it, all of a sudden, he writes 'Mr Somebody has just found it', and proceeds to the storytelling. He makes big acts look regular and a mundane act, like walking in a island, look fabulous.
Other than that, he is a absolute master in narrating battles. I have never felt my attention so captured by a narrative, completely anxious to turn the pages and go through the story.
I like the fact that Arthur, although higly powerful, is almost a secondary character for the reader. We really do care about Derfel. What a character! And here I learned that injustice makes me stick to the story more than anything else.
In some way or another, the book made me ponder a lot about how things have changed in the world since the dark ages, the cultural shock between christians and pagans, the way a christain relates to his god and the totally different relationship the pagans have with theirs, how superstitious we used to be, the way those warriors dealt with the fear of death and so on.
We definetely live on different times. It is remarkable that Cornwell made me think all about it without even trying.
Masterpiece.
The one thing I like the most about him is that in his writing there is no room for useless descriptions or words. It is almost raw on its pragmatism, but it is far from poor or blunt. If a character is seeking a object for pages and pages, when it is time for it, all of a sudden, he writes 'Mr Somebody has just found it', and proceeds to the storytelling. He makes big acts look regular and a mundane act, like walking in a island, look fabulous.
Other than that, he is a absolute master in narrating battles. I have never felt my attention so captured by a narrative, completely anxious to turn the pages and go through the story.
I like the fact that Arthur, although higly powerful, is almost a secondary character for the reader. We really do care about Derfel. What a character! And here I learned that injustice makes me stick to the story more than anything else.
In some way or another, the book made me ponder a lot about how things have changed in the world since the dark ages, the cultural shock between christians and pagans, the way a christain relates to his god and the totally different relationship the pagans have with theirs, how superstitious we used to be, the way those warriors dealt with the fear of death and so on.
We definetely live on different times. It is remarkable that Cornwell made me think all about it without even trying.
Masterpiece.