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A review by ehays84
The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland
4.0
It took me a little while to get into this one, but I am glad that I stuck with it. Very well written, and a unique look at the Arthurian legend as it presents it through the eyes of a late 12th century early 13th century boy growing up on the Welsh marches.
The conceit of this story is that the main character is given a seeing stone by Merlin, through which he learns about the original story of Arthur. There are some parallels between what he sees in the stone and what happens to him in his real life, but it is unclear to Arthur what the exact links are.
The true strength of this book, though, are the research the author has done on the period but even more than that the emotion conveyed among the characters. The characters are very believable and act according to their personality traits, not simply for the author to move the story along.
I plan to get a hold of the other two in this series and to keep reading more by the author.
The conceit of this story is that the main character is given a seeing stone by Merlin, through which he learns about the original story of Arthur. There are some parallels between what he sees in the stone and what happens to him in his real life, but it is unclear to Arthur what the exact links are.
The true strength of this book, though, are the research the author has done on the period but even more than that the emotion conveyed among the characters. The characters are very believable and act according to their personality traits, not simply for the author to move the story along.
I plan to get a hold of the other two in this series and to keep reading more by the author.