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"The adventure doeth us to wit that when Sir Morien and Sir Gariët had parted from Sir Gawain, they rode once more to the crossways, for they had made a compact that they should not part before that they had found his father, Sir Agloval."
THIS IS TOO CUTE 🥺 I LOVE MORIEN SO SO MUCH I LOVE GAWAIN AND GARETH AWWWW! I adore this story and the companionship of the roundtable knights.

unsure what page I'm on. i adore this story and it might be my favorite one yet. morien is SUCH a good character. i love the gawain/morien/lancelot friendship 🥹
"And ever as [Morien] cast his eyes around and they lighted upon Sir Gawain, who was in such evil case, his courage waxed so great that were the Devil himself against him he had slain him even as a man." 11/05/26

the version I have on Goodreads doesn't match up with the copy I'm reading. pg 460 -- mordred is a pathetic little whiny bitch. Im shocked he's even in this story to begin with. talk about whiplash!!! the fact that Mordred is 5 years younger than Lancelot is so weird to me! Mordred is an embarrassment in this book!! ew! the further I go into this book the more I despise it.

rose tinted glasses have come off. I don't like this book. if it wasn't for Lancelot I wouldn't read it. horny author, objectified women, breasts mentioned x10 if a woman shows up in a chapter, juvenile writing, intense "those dastardly savages" when arthur and co. r captured by picts, everyone is stupid, things r reiterated many times bc the author thinks we all have short term memory loss. I'm over it.

benesek redemption arc was so beautifully done I didn't even fully realize it till now. idk if benesek existed in any original text or if he's an OC but if he's an OC he's the only one I particularly like. great character. "you've lost my sword once... don't lose my helmet."
10/20/26

Arthur's position as heir/king being contested was always my least favorite part of any Arthur retelling.
Gawain is presented as Arthur's shadow. emphasis on calvary is cool.
arthur is trying hard to be gentle but he is a warlord here. arthur is merciless but it's sugarcoated with honorable words. arthur actually holds his own. smirks...I like that white man.
10/20/26

Arthur is too good for everyone. he's literally the embodiment of light and goodness. gee I sure hope nothing bad happens to him. 10/19/26

It took 305 pages to finally see Arthur. you have got to be joking. 10/19/26

"I said nothing because I could not speak. But I did look into his eyes and in that look I tried to tell him that I loved him." (245)

I take back every bad thing I've ever said about this book. I don't care about the bad writing anymore. I love this book so much. I love Lancelot. This book is so profoundly tragic and the loneliness that Lancelot is forever engulfed in breaks my heart. Pour one out for Pelleas.

opened this book up for the first time and a spider crawled out of it. i don't know what this means but i'll find out soon enough. 10/18/26

if I had a nickel for every time pelleas took on the role of an adoptive father I'd have two nickles (so far) which isn't a lot but it's funny it happened twice.
i love nimue and pelleas so much they r my fave couple.
started this book skeptical of the great reviews bc the writing is AWFUL but the story is so good..im invested and I see why so many ppl like it. so glad i got to obtain this book. 10/16/26

this book is so subtle with its racism...like imagine being an author and writing a character that is NOT white and bringing your own prejudices about the character’s ethnicity/heritage into the writing as your describing his culture and whatnot. it’s weird

😢 this is too sad

this book is so interesting so far, also i usually dislike reading 1st person books but the narrator (forgot his name) is a great character

Never knew a doll’s life could be so damn miserable

I impulsively decided to read the manga version since I’ve always been interested in starting the story. I’m enjoying this so much so far! The original seems daunting but I’m sure I’ll begin reading that once I’m dont with the manga :)

probably an unpopular opinion but i hope ali and jamshid fall in love

kaveh is such a cute character i love his personality...

FINALLY

here comes the romance lollll that happened faster than i thought it would

it’s weird how even though the majority of characters are muslim and they practice islam, they drink wine/alcohol?? am i missing something? cuz if you didn’t know, it’s forbidden to drink alcohol in islam lol

it feels so good reading a book about muslim/middle eastern culture cuz i actually know about what i’m reading. there needs to be more books on this theme

b-bro...

i didn’t think inanni would figure it out so quick! she isn’t as dumb as we were led to believe😳

this book is so good omg

randomly picked this up and now i’m so hooked. this author really didn’t bother going easy huh?? plus the writing is AMAZING and i thought mara was gonna be some boring main character but she’s the complete opposite. already shaping up to be a rlly good book

her story is amazing and she’s a great person, but the writing itself makes malala come off as conceited..it leaves me feeling annoyed sometimes..

finally back to reading books! i found this in the basement and i thought “why not read it” so here i am.

the writing is a bit too easy but apparently this is the young readers edition lol,,this will be a quick read plus i’ve always been interested in her story