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A review by isabellarobinson7
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
1.0
Did I want to read this book? No. Did I want to have read this book? Yes. In other words, I should have DNFed this book less than 100 pages in
Rating: 1 star
Ok so I have been secretly reading this book on the side since mid December last year. "Secretly" because I was flaming sick of it. I didn't want to be reading it. I hated every single second. Nothing was enjoyable about it. This would be one of the first books I would use as kindling to make a fire if my power went out and I was desperate. Nah, I'm exaggerating. I would make a fire with this book if I had to so much as reach to turn the light on.
I got the audio (for free, thankfully. I am not shelling out anymore money than the $5 bucks I already spent on getting a used copy from the local second hand bookstore, a purchase I now whole heartedly regret making) but even then it is 33h total, and at my speed it only goes down to 11h. It took forever to get through. I haven't even bothered to use a proper bookmark for this book, which I have piles of in three places around the house (the three places I usually finish/start books) so it is not like I would have to go out of my way to get one. In fact it would have been easier for me to use a normal bookmark instead of ripping the corner off a piece of paper. But that is how low of an opinion I have of this stupid book. It doesn't deserve a book mark. (Yeah, I know. I’m just being petty.)
Well, no I liked some things. The very last chapter had some cool stuff about good and evil and war and peace etc, and the first book was kind of interesting. But in the end I didn’t care about the characters, plot, story, world or anything so nothing made any kind of lasting positive impact on me.
I will finish this off by saying this: Lancelot is a doofus. The biggest there is. What does he even do other than whine and chase after the queen? He's not even that good of a knight. He's just dumb. And stupid. He can... fall and die in a hole. That would be good. Yes, Lancelot do that.
Rating: 1 star
Ok so I have been secretly reading this book on the side since mid December last year. "Secretly" because I was flaming sick of it. I didn't want to be reading it. I hated every single second. Nothing was enjoyable about it. This would be one of the first books I would use as kindling to make a fire if my power went out and I was desperate. Nah, I'm exaggerating. I would make a fire with this book if I had to so much as reach to turn the light on.
I got the audio (for free, thankfully. I am not shelling out anymore money than the $5 bucks I already spent on getting a used copy from the local second hand bookstore, a purchase I now whole heartedly regret making) but even then it is 33h total, and at my speed it only goes down to 11h. It took forever to get through. I haven't even bothered to use a proper bookmark for this book, which I have piles of in three places around the house (the three places I usually finish/start books) so it is not like I would have to go out of my way to get one. In fact it would have been easier for me to use a normal bookmark instead of ripping the corner off a piece of paper. But that is how low of an opinion I have of this stupid book. It doesn't deserve a book mark. (Yeah, I know. I’m just being petty.)
Well, no I liked some things. The very last chapter had some cool stuff about good and evil and war and peace etc, and the first book was kind of interesting. But in the end I didn’t care about the characters, plot, story, world or anything so nothing made any kind of lasting positive impact on me.
I will finish this off by saying this: Lancelot is a doofus. The biggest there is. What does he even do other than whine and chase after the queen? He's not even that good of a knight. He's just dumb. And stupid. He can... fall and die in a hole. That would be good. Yes, Lancelot do that.