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A review by pandagopanda
The Ill-Made Knight by T.H. White
[Reading The Once and Future King]
Okay, so this is where TOAFK finally really gets going for me (a mere 340 or so pages in...). Focusing on Lancelot's life and lot, we are treated to a proper mythic-historical saga. There are interesting episodes of jousts and tournaments and misadventures, but also time passing in sweeping descriptive montages, and excellent, tender dialogue between the main characters. I also noticed that the narrator (and his obtrusive "contemporary" similes and perspectives) were mostly absent for this whole book, which made it so much more immersive and alive.
Okay, so this is where TOAFK finally really gets going for me (a mere 340 or so pages in...). Focusing on Lancelot's life and lot, we are treated to a proper mythic-historical saga. There are interesting episodes of jousts and tournaments and misadventures, but also time passing in sweeping descriptive montages, and excellent, tender dialogue between the main characters. I also noticed that the narrator (and his obtrusive "contemporary" similes and perspectives) were mostly absent for this whole book, which made it so much more immersive and alive.