A review by jacenmac
The Green Knight by Chris Dietzel

4.0

Decent book, but dragged down by the fact that it was trying to adapt two stories at once. Plot and characters were drawn from both Arthuriana and Shakespeare's Henry IV, which led to some really puzzling crossovers, such as our protagonist, Vere, whose name indicates some connection to Guinevere, but who plays the roles of Sir Gawain and Prince Hal within the novel. The story was always strongest at the points where it strayed from its source materials, leaving me sorely wishing that there were more of those.
That said, the worldbuilding kicked ass and is the reason I gave 4 stars instead of 3.