Reviews - Fionavar, The King Awakes
May. 1st, 2010 01:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wilderthanFirst, a link to my love post for The Fionavar Tapestry on ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
overlooked, here.
And a review!
The King Awakes (Janice Elliott)
I picked this up somewhat randomly at a big book sale, and didn't really pay much attention to the blurb: it had King Arthur in it, that was enough for me. But this was more interesting than I'd expected. Post-apocalyptic/dystopic world, with the return of Arthur post-apocalypse? Not something I'd expected to see.
Ultimately, it was a little disappointing. Like so many Arthurian stories, Arthur wasn't the central character. I quite liked Red, and the world, but Arthur ended up feeling somewhat tacked on, and his final glory was spent on a comparatively small thing.
Interesting to see, but it didn't do as much with the idea as I'd hoped.
overlooked, here.And a review!
The King Awakes (Janice Elliott)
I picked this up somewhat randomly at a big book sale, and didn't really pay much attention to the blurb: it had King Arthur in it, that was enough for me. But this was more interesting than I'd expected. Post-apocalyptic/dystopic world, with the return of Arthur post-apocalypse? Not something I'd expected to see.
Ultimately, it was a little disappointing. Like so many Arthurian stories, Arthur wasn't the central character. I quite liked Red, and the world, but Arthur ended up feeling somewhat tacked on, and his final glory was spent on a comparatively small thing.
Interesting to see, but it didn't do as much with the idea as I'd hoped.
