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Summary: the best book ive read
Review: I think this was a awesome veiw of the King Arther legand. The view was told from a woman, which I really loved. The book had such a different spin(in a possitive way). I loved the religion differences, and seeing the characters struggle through different climaxes. Morgan, the main charecter, I could really relate to, and I found myself very involed with this story, infact, I could not put it down. Marion Zimmer Bradley made me feel like I was in the story. I definatly recomend this book to other readers, and it definatly deserves 5 stars.
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Summary: The best book I have ever read.
Review: I read about 200-300 books and this book is just the best book I have ever read in my life. They made a movie out of it, but it does not come even close to the book itself. Its the best book about arthur and the knights of the round table tale in existance. I can remeber the time when I read the book the first time .. years ago .. where I missed "my subway station".
I remeber very well, how I was asked to leave the train, when it arived its final destination and I was still in the depth of ancient britain. The fantasy world created in the book felt just so real, it made me almost believe, that it was so and not a fairy tale. I was in the middle of it, inside the characters.
I was first scared of this big book with more than 1000 pages with small letters, but it had to be this way, because it is epic. Not written for today, but for eternity.
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Summary: A great world to visit
Review: This is one book that you really want to read if you are a follower of pagan ways. This book gives an accurate description (in my mind) of how pagans worship and live, and least how I feel they did/do.
I bought this book almost 7 years ago and have managed to read it 30 times at least. (a great feat for college student and new mom!)
It's worth the time and the money!!
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Summary: MIST-ified!!
Review: I cracked this book at the book-store after hearing my mother talk about the movie. I was amazed. I was grabbed right from the first few pages, from it's content, style, and strong grace. I bought the book and enoyed reading it for a little over a week. It is amazing that I was interested in this book for I was never one to be interested in King Arthur and his tale but this book is written with so much power and beauty that it's passion entices you. I was woo'd in by it's tempting grace and am ever glad. This book is a wonderful read, journey. It transcends being about King Arthur and his crew. It is interesting for it is written mostly through the female characters of this famous tale. THe characters are strong, real and powerful. This woman could write and I am glad that I stumbled up on her work and her great style.
The reason why I give it Four stars instead of Five though I would prefer to give it 4 and a half, is that the ending is weak. I ,who didn't know the Story of King Arthur, beyond the Disney Movie, did not know the ending. ANd perhaps this ending is different from the norm. The ending left me unfullfilled but the book is so wonderful that the ending is irrelavant. There are so many great stories within the overall story. Great book, great characters, strong message/s, nicely written, . I'll probably read it again some day.
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Summary: This is an awesome book!!!
Review: 'The Mists of Avalon' has to be one of the greatest books I have ever read. It is an amazing piece of story telling with every aspect you would want. I recomend this book to any one who enjoys hours of great reading. Read it!!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Well, i must start out by saying that the Mists of Avalon is one of the best books i have ever read. It has great detail, and i love the way that Marion Zimmer Bradley changes the usual story around, and i like this one better! The rest of the books connected to this one were pretty good too, but this one was definetly the best! I loved it!
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Summary: An awesome experience
Review: "The Mists Of Avalon" isn't simply a novel. It is a world unto itself, a complete fantasy shrouded in themes, morals, and characters so pertinent to modern day society that the balance of these disparate elements seems at once impossible; yet Ms. Bradely has done it in her novel. Five stars simply isn't enough praise.
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Summary: Mists of Avalon
Review: If i were to write a review for what this book was about, it would literally take up PAGES because of everything that happens. Not to mention the fact that it would give away everything that happens. Lets just say that this book deserves all of the acclaim. The book is truly a masterpiece and is one of the best books i have ever read. I mean, the descriptions, and the fact that it gives the story of King Aurthur from the perspective of all the main women in the story. Gwenhwyfar, his extremely pious wife (who you grow to despise in this book), Morgaine, his tiny sister who is a maiden of Avalon and who grows to be misunderstood because of her religion, Vivianne, the lady of the lake and leader of Avalon, and Igraine, Morgaine and Aurthur's mother.
So you basically have all of these different perspectives on a tale that has be retold over and over throughout the centuries. This is a truly beautiful book and a wonderful read. )))))~~)O(Aurora)O(~~(((((
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Summary: "Mists of Avalon" or Pure Vapour?
Review: To begin with, the mists referred to in the title are the mists summoned by the priestesses of the Mother Goddess, the Celtic Diana-Ceridwen, to cover the isle of Avalon and to shield it from the corruptions and hatred of the Christian clergy in an Arthurian England. The oppositions between pagan-Celtic worship of the Goddess and the patriarchalism of the clergy in Christianity are a pronounced part of the novel, and the novel structures itself around the narrative voice of Morgan le Fay, who recounts the story of her life as priestess of Avalon and lover of Arthur, to the effect of creating greater sympathy for the pagan faith that she adheres to. There is no discounting that Marion Zimmer Bradley deserves accolades in her portrayal of Arthurian women as individuals who have a voice of their own, psychologically and socially. Her female characters defy stereotyping in their multiple psychological traits. To name a few, Morgan is both justified lover of Arthur, as well as a justified priestess of Avalon, despite her reputation as a harlot amongst the circles of the clergy and the Christian court; Guinevere is more than just a frail woman seeking for love from both her husband and Lancelot, for intertwined with her fate is also the fate of the rule of Camelot and the predominance of the Christian faith in court. But the real problem with such character portrayals and the depiction of such acute characters lies not so much with their lack of autonomy which Bradley steers clear of more than the absolute anachronism that Bradley falls into. As pertinent to most fantasy and fiction based on a historical world or time period which really existed, in this case, Dark Ages Britain, Bradley does not use the novel to reveal mimetically the mentalities and mindsets of women living in the Dark Ages. Under the novel is a suspected veneer of women in our modern society who are struggling against social mores of sexual and religious discrimination (such as the Wiccans of the Dianic tradition persecuted by the fundamentalist Christians, and the anti-feminist backlash). The novel appears to be more of a treatise for modern feminism disguised under a romance plot of paganism, magic and human history and pageantry. Men are, however, portrayed with very little space for depth, and Lancelot and Arthur's characterization are particularly problematic. Lancelot turns into a medieval equivalent of a 'closet' homosexual who confesses his love for Arthur before Morgan le Fay; Arthur becomes nothing more than an indecisive wimp who turns to swear allegiance to Avalon by bearing its holy regalia--the blade of Excalibur and its scabbard--and then betraying it to bear a Christian banner in battle instead of his father's battle banner(the Pendragon's dragon-emblazoned banner) when advised so by Guinevere. The mention of the menage a trois between Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere starts taking on more homoerotic overtones and it seems to be an implication of a love story or affair between Arthur and Lancelot than between Lancelot and Guinevere. The problems of characterization, coupled with the remarkable slant towards proselytizing a belief system of "All the gods are as One", do seem to get in the way of an audience's possible whole-hearted enjoyment of the novel without critical intervention. The risk of "The Mists of Avalon" turning into pure ephemeral vapour is the biggest risk that Bradley possibly has to incur in her attempt to be historically anachronistic and to be unapologetic about it.
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Summary: Read it again and again!
Review: Beautiful re-telling of the Aurthurian legend. I read this book over 10 years ago and it has stayed with me. The writting is fabulous with powerful imagry. I recommend keeping a copy around to read over and over.
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