A review by tabithar
The Witch in the Wood by T.H. White

3.0

Dark. Its hard for me to truly like this book a ton due to its inherent darkness. However, White used humor throughout to lighten the mood. King Pellinore was exceptionally funny and reminds me of Don Quixote. I think it easily could be argued that Pellinore's character was modeled after the same type person that Quixote portrayed. The humorous parts were just as funny (some even funnier) than the Sword in the Stone. The dark parts were among the darker, sadder, and more sinister/twisty things I've read. Maybe it was a lack of expectation. I saw others state "This is dark" but it was hard to really convey until I read it. I read the unabridged version from 1939, as opposed to the revised edition from later. The unabridged version was not jumpy as some have stated about the later version. It may be noted that this book has a small amount occur given the time it takes to tell the tale.

This is NOT a book for kids. Further, I could see some adults being very upset by the treatment of animals and humans in this text.