A review by nighthawk921
The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell
4.0
I enjoyed the story-line of this book. Uhtred on his own, without bowing to Kings is so wonderful and refreshing.
Only thing that got to me was all the repetition. Firstly, this is the 7th book in the series, one would assume the reader has read the other 6 (though I realize thats not necessarily the case), I dont think everything explained over and over. And thats the other thing, I dont need things explained over and over only paged apart from each other. Uhtred has a son, named Uhtred. Thats the naming convention, I don't need to always read "my son" after Uhtred the elder yells out the name "Uhtred." Nor do I need an explanation for what each sword does before and during the battle. I know the difference. Ahh! That just got frustrating. I know some of the last few books have had repetitive bits like this but this book (which was shorter than others) seemed to have a lot.
Only thing that got to me was all the repetition. Firstly, this is the 7th book in the series, one would assume the reader has read the other 6 (though I realize thats not necessarily the case), I dont think everything explained over and over. And thats the other thing, I dont need things explained over and over only paged apart from each other. Uhtred has a son, named Uhtred. Thats the naming convention, I don't need to always read "my son" after Uhtred the elder yells out the name "Uhtred." Nor do I need an explanation for what each sword does before and during the battle. I know the difference. Ahh! That just got frustrating. I know some of the last few books have had repetitive bits like this but this book (which was shorter than others) seemed to have a lot.