spoltz
12/18/2021
Another beautifully written book by Stewart, this is the second entry in the Arthurian Saga. It basically suffers from the same problems as its predecessor, The Crystal Cave. Lots of gorgeous, descriptive prose that gets in the way of the plot. This book also spends even more time on the details of journeys across the country which I found to be boring filler. In fact, I only really liked the first hundred and the last hundred pages of this nearly five-hundred-page novel. For what it's worth, this book won the 1974 Mythopoeic Award and it's about as beloved as "Cave".
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