Reviews

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell

gaz's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kevroller's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.0

deannamorley22's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

4.25

jjgalietta's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

skylabeouf's review

adventurous tense

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

celtic67's review

3.0

Book 4 in this series. Not as good as previous 3 but reasonable read.

tnaomai's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

slartibart141's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

loveinkind's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

stormlightreader's review against another edition

4.0

I'm thoroughly enjoying this series. I STILL need to finish the last couple of episodes of the TV series but I'm enjoying seeing how the story is playing out slightly differently on the page and onscreen. I'm just enjoying seeing two different iterations of The Last Kingdom: the TV version and the book version. Both are delivering great things in different ways. 

Sword Song spends some time on Uhtred's loyalty to Alfred, which extends to Alfred's children, despite Alfred's continued poor treatment of Uhtred. Æthelred's treatment of Æthelflaed is disgusting. However, the battle scenes are really well written and fun to read. A lot of my favourite characters are in Sword Song: Finan (my favourite), Sihtric, Osferth, Æthelflaed and obviously Uhtred. 

Cornwell makes this fictional version of England's history very entertaining.