Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780609609606 (0609609602)
Publish date: July 9th 2002
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Medieval,
Historical Romance,
Ireland,
Mythology,
Arthurian
Series: Tristan and Isolde (#1)
Underwhelmed, really. A perfectly nice, unchallenging book. Very easy to read, but I also found it very easy to put down and walk away from. At times I found the behaviour of the characters hard to understand - in the "why are you making this such a big deal? Why don't you just... . Settings were vi...
Tristan and Isolde in this novel seem more like selfish children than star-crossed lovers. They bring most of their troubles upon themselves through pouting and poor decision making.I also couldn't help wondering why it took a love potion to unite these two lovers who were supposedly destined for ea...