and_abelard_reads's review
4.0
I'm battling through a haze of nostalgia and sheer joy not to rate 5 stars.
No idea what you'll think of this if you've not seen the iconic 80's TV series, from which Carpenter has adapted his own scripts. The plus side is that this carries over some of the sterling one-liners and character beats (dramatic readings were performed for my household) as well as the cohesive narrative and setting. The downside is that the book is simply a novelisation of the main beats of series one - with nothing really added - but inspiration from the Geste very clear. It's also worth noting that as a Puffin book you'll have to look elsewhere for 'gritty realism'.
Highly recommend blasting the appropriate Clannad tracks while reading
Still my standard for "It's your mythic destiny to run off to the woods and be an anticapitalist rebel in the name of social justice and fighting the forces of darkness" Robin Hood takes.
No idea what you'll think of this if you've not seen the iconic 80's TV series, from which Carpenter has adapted his own scripts. The plus side is that this carries over some of the sterling one-liners and character beats (dramatic readings were performed for my household) as well as the cohesive narrative and setting. The downside is that the book is simply a novelisation of the main beats of series one - with nothing really added - but inspiration from the Geste very clear. It's also worth noting that as a Puffin book you'll have to look elsewhere for 'gritty realism'.
Highly recommend blasting the appropriate Clannad tracks while reading
Still my standard for "It's your mythic destiny to run off to the woods and be an anticapitalist rebel in the name of social justice and fighting the forces of darkness" Robin Hood takes.
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