Review - Child of the May
Dec. 13th, 2009 12:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wilderthanOddly enough, Child of the May seems more closely related to the Robin Hood ballads than the first book, The Forestwife -- at least, I recognised the influence of Robin Hood and the Potter, and a couple of others, as I was reading it. I didn't like it as much as the first book, though. It's less realistic in details, and Magda isn't really a very interesting character -- whiny and very immature.
I liked the plot-thread of Alan the boy with leprosy. That was interesting, and yet not much was really done with him.
This book can definitely only really exist within a trilogy. It's nothing really special or groundbreaking, and I just didn't really find it interesting. It's short and easy to read, and probably would appeal to young teenage girls, but it's not very satisfying, really.
I liked the plot-thread of Alan the boy with leprosy. That was interesting, and yet not much was really done with him.
This book can definitely only really exist within a trilogy. It's nothing really special or groundbreaking, and I just didn't really find it interesting. It's short and easy to read, and probably would appeal to young teenage girls, but it's not very satisfying, really.
