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Loading... The Child of the Holy Grailby Rosalind Miles
 shanaqui | Apr 9, 2013 |  This series is to the Arthurian saga what Twilight is to vampires. Cringeworthy, yet I can't look away. (  ) simargl | Aug 20, 2009 | Usually the third in a trilogy is set up to be the most thrilling of all three stories. Theoretically, it has been building up for the two previous books, leaving the third to just get on with the story and move forward with the action. Not so with this book. It seemed to drag right along with the slow expository that the second book lacked. The characters continued in their downward spirals, lacking the appeal that made the story enjoyable even up through the end of the second novel. I must also admit that the villification of the church throughout the story made me incredibly uncomfortable, even as a non-theist. It detracted further from the appeal of the story and really bogged down the already convoluted end of the story with more complications. I expected a lot more from this third novel than I got out of it. It was a truly disappointing end to a promising trilogy. (  ) rainbowdarling | Mar 16, 2009 | I started reading this trilogy, hated it, but had to finish it. It seems like the author has a hateful spite towards men, and released these feelings in these books. In this story, King Arthur is a weak, trembling fool, who owes is greatness to the women who surrounded him. (  ) hlselz | Feb 19, 2007 | The 3rd book in the series...doesn't disappoint. (  ) writestuff | Jan 20, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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I'm not quite sure why I even bothered reading the whole trilogy. Stubbornness, I suppose. And it is readable enough -- once I put my mind to it, I could read great chunks of the books in one sitting. But the characterisation is erratic and inconsistent, and it doesn't really bring anything new to the Arthurian legends. It's supposed to be a feminist take on the legend, or so I read, but Guenevere's behaviour makes it seem rather the opposite to me.
I do not recommend. And I'm changing my star ratings on the other two books, I think. (