✿ lemon ✿’s Reviews > Lancelot > Status Update

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

"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.

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