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Genere/formato: | Young adult works Fiction Juvenile works Young adult fiction Juvenile fiction |
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Persona nominata: | Lady of the Lake (Legendary character); Lady of the Lake (Legendary character); Arthur, King; Arthur, King |
Tipo materiale: | Fiction, Scuola secondaria |
Tipo documento | Libro |
Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: |
Stephanie Spinner |
ISBN: | 9780375836343 0375836349 9780375936340 0375936343 |
Numero OCLC: | 185021440 |
Descrizione: | 198 pages ; 22 cm |
Contenuti: | Part One: In which Damosel fashions a sword -- Part Two; In which Damosel learns of three quests -- Part Three: In which Damosel makes a promise -- Part Four: In which Damosel rescues an knight in distress -- Part Five: In which Damosel rejoins the king -- Epilogue -- Author's note. |
Responsabilità: | Stephanie Spinner. |
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A different perspective...
Damosel is a retelling of the legends of King Arthur, from the perspectives of the Lady of the Lake, Damosel, and a dwarf named Twixt, who serves at Camelot as court jester. Damosel follows all the rules required of Ladies and lives a fairly quiet life in her Lake. When Merlin seeks her...
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Damosel is a retelling of the legends of King Arthur, from the perspectives of the Lady of the Lake, Damosel, and a dwarf named Twixt, who serves at Camelot as court jester. Damosel follows all the rules required of Ladies and lives a fairly quiet life in her Lake. When Merlin seeks her out to craft Exaclibur, it begins a series of events that will lead to Arthur's rule, Merlin's entrapment, and plots to overthrow the king.
I've never been all that into reading Arthurian legend. I just don't get the appeal. I
I enjoyed the first half of the book, where Damosel is trading for materials and crafting Excalibur, or speaking with her cousin Nimue about Camelot and Merlin. Stephanie Spinner spends this time developing Damosel and presents us with that alternative point of view we expect in this premise. However, the moment that she meets and falls for the knight Pelleas, the plot becomes painfully slow. All of the action that's been built up, the promised conflicts, they either evaporate or take place off the page. The ending felt sudden - but I feel that way about all version of King Arthur's story... except perhaps the King Arthur and the Knights of Justice comics!
Twixt's parts are enjoyable and do indeed give you a unique perspective. Who doesn't love to hear from the court's fool? I was disappointed that in the summary of the many characters, we didn't hear anything about what happened to Sir Tor... did I just miss if he was killed?
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