Scan barcode
A review by emilyofthegreenwood
Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer
4.0
This book is good. It's not great, but it's good. Usually when a book or movie claims to be a new interesting Robin Hood story, it doesn't live up to that promise. Brightfall does! It is genuinely different, and I was surprised by outcomes and plot points.
It's missing one star because I found Robin's character to be too distasteful. He's supposed to be in this story. The reader is not meant to like him, and I don't really mind that, but it felt a bit overdone. Or maybe I was just thrown off my well-loved and familiar understanding of the story, and found it to be a little too different.
I'm particular with Robin Hood novels, what can I say? I did genuinely enjoy the fantasy elements here, though! I haven't see too much Robin Hood mixed with fantasy, and this might be the best of what I have seen.
It's missing one star because I found Robin's character to be too distasteful. He's supposed to be in this story. The reader is not meant to like him, and I don't really mind that, but it felt a bit overdone. Or maybe I was just thrown off my well-loved and familiar understanding of the story, and found it to be a little too different.
I'm particular with Robin Hood novels, what can I say? I did genuinely enjoy the fantasy elements here, though! I haven't see too much Robin Hood mixed with fantasy, and this might be the best of what I have seen.