A review by ceeceejay
Knight's Castle by Edward Eager

3.0

I read this book aloud to my daughter in the hope that I'd be able to capture some of the magic it made me believe in when I read it as a child. It's extremely well written. Eager is a master storyteller. It's hopelessly out of date, though, and that would make it difficult to recommend to a young reader. While they'd get swept away in the stories within the story, it's hard to not imagine having to explain some of the slang and some of the mannerisms of the characters to readers. It's even harder imagining readers empathizing with the characters in their normal settings. It isn't until they're caught up in the magic that you can suspend disbelief enough to enjoy the story.