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Once And Future King - Community Reviews back

by T.H. White
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Medusa's Stories
Medusa's Stories rated it 11 years ago
I only read the first part, for class, but I'll be coming back to read more later. This is fabulous.
nente
nente rated it 12 years ago
This book tells us that all evil comes from the heart of man. So does all good.A simple message, really, but I've never seen it so powerfully delivered elsewhere.
Valz
Valz rated it 12 years ago
I loved this book although I read it in 1969 and thus forget a lot of it.
Books & Bananas
Books & Bananas rated it 12 years ago
I read this when I was in boarding school. It was one of only 2 books I read that year, and that was awhile ago, when I was 16. I don't remember much but I do remember that I really liked it. I liked the magic, I liked the POV of the narrator (I'm reasonably certain he gets his hand chopped off, ...
like a wizard
like a wizard rated it 12 years ago
Great one to listen to on audiobook-- Neville Jason is really fantastic.
Betsy's Non-Blog
Betsy's Non-Blog rated it 12 years ago
It's been many years since I read this. If I remember correctly, I really enjoyed the sections about Arthur as a boy under the tutelage of Merlin. Not so much the later chapters about the betrayal of Guinivere and Lancelot. Although it was well written.
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 13 years ago
4.5 StarsA complex and multi-tiered depiction of the epic Arthurian legend. This book is unlike any other I've read either focusing on the myth or simply in terms of fantasy writing. While the story begins with The Sword in the Stone, a novel I had already read years ago it was refreshing to re-fami...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 15 years ago
It picked my curiosities at the beginning, bored me to death during Wart's many educations as animals, made me hate his adolescence act at the beginning of his reign. Now I'm ready to read how thing unfold for King Arthur.The thing I like best in reading, though, is the many facets of the characters...
Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it 16 years ago
I tried to read this a few years ago and got distracted ... but, I am back at it again. This time I'll actually finish it, hopefully. :P
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 18 years ago
The first two thirds are so fantastic that they almost make up for the priggish ending.
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