Stephen R. Lawhead
Hardcover | Pages: 490 pages Rating: 3.88 | 13160 Users | 1348 Reviews
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| Title | : | Hood (King Raven #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen R. Lawhead |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 490 pages |
| Published | : | August 8th 2006 by Westbow Pr |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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Robin HoodThe Legend Begins Anew
For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new life, fresh meaning, and an unexpected setting.
Steeped in Celtic mythology and the political intrigue of medieval Britain, Stephen R. Lawhead's latest work conjures up an ancient past and holds a mirror to contemporary realities. Prepare yourself for an epic tale that dares to shatter everything you thought you knew about Robin Hood.
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| Original Title: | Hood (King Raven, Book 1) |
| ISBN: | 1595540857 (ISBN13: 9781595540850) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | King Raven #1 |
| Characters: | Bran ap Brychan, Iwan, Friar Aethelfrith, Count Falkes de Braose, Merian, Baron Neufmarche, Angharad |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 13160 Users | 1348 ReviewsRate Out Of Books Hood (King Raven #1)
DNF'd at 35%. I'm just not feeling this. The story is decent enough and I love the idea of a gritty, realistic, Welsh Robin Hood. The execution is just falling flat, and there's too much out there I want to read to continue reading a book I don't care about.There's something off about this writing. While I wouldn't necessarily call it bad, it feels forced. Like the author is making a conscious effort to "dumb down" his narrative to make it YA. It ends up reading about as flat as a poorly doneNot bad, at the start I really couldnt be bothered reading this (hence the amount of time it took to read) but as it progressed and there was more fantasy and more interesting stuff I began to like and read it more and more. The ending was positively enjoyable!! The characters could have had some more detail and back story but I still liked most of them and found the storyline fun at bits. Not bad!
Stephen Lawhead's new trilogy about Robin Hood, the King Raven trilogy, is pretty unusual in its portrayal of Robin Hood as a Welsh prince in the time of William II rather than a dispossessed aristocrat during Richard the Lionheart's crusades. Stephen Lawhead includes an epilogue, 'Robin Hood in Wales', in which he explains his reasoning.It will seem strange to many readers, and perhaps even perverse, to take Robin Hood out of Sherwood Forest and relocate him in Wales; worse still, to remove all
This just did not interest me at all. I kept skimming and skimming, waiting to get sucked in and it just wasn't happening. Then I thought I'd try something else for a while and come back to it, but I don't have any interest in returning to it at all. It could completely just be me and my mood at the moment, but I feel no regret leaving it. Glad I only borrowed it from the library!
Robin Hood and Friar Tuck together once again...but not quite as all of us remember them: Never fear HOODites...Sir Daffys oscar worthy portrayal notwithstanding, Stephen Lawheads re-imagining of the Robin Hood legend is among the best Ive come across and is praise-deserving for both its realism and its fresh, unique interpretation of the familiar tale. For the most part, I found this version very effective. Rather than Englands well trodden Sherwood Forest, Lawhead has transported his story
Robin Hood and Friar Tuck together once again...but not quite as all of us remember them: Never fear HOODites...Sir Daffys oscar worthy portrayal notwithstanding, Stephen Lawheads re-imagining of the Robin Hood legend is among the best Ive come across and is praise-deserving for both its realism and its fresh, unique interpretation of the familiar tale. For the most part, I found this version very effective. Rather than Englands well trodden Sherwood Forest, Lawhead has transported his story
This book falls just a little short of the 5 star mark. I enjoyed it greatly...have the next volume in the series (Scarlet) on my shelf waiting and hope to get to it fairly quickly (I have hundreds of books on my shelves I'm hoping to get to rather quickly LOL).Why 4 stars? There was (for me) a little "dragging" or "draggy-ness" in the story just past the midpoint. I also was a little less than impressed with the "modern writer writing an epic from the past" chapter. I found myself skimming a
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