Reviews

Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson

lara_bookella's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

3.0

La cosa più bella e più faticosa di questo libro è il fatto che descrive accuratamente il contesto in cui ci si trova, riportando informazioni precise sulla situazione politica, economica e sociale dell’Inghilterra. Se da una parte questa scelta rende il romanzo molto interessante, dall'altra toglie tantissimo ritmo alla storia: nel romanzo accadono pochissime cose, per lo più i personaggi parlano tra loro.
Dall'altra parte la lentezza della storia permette di apprezzare la costruzione approfondita dei personaggi, e il continuo cambio di punto di vista mette un po' di ritmo a una storia che non ne ha.

Aggiungo un piccolo commento rispetto al personaggio di Marian: spesso le lady Marian dei libri recenti sono un po’ troppo “moderne”. Questa non lo è, ma pur essendo molto medioevale ha comunque spirito, personalità e coraggio.

fluffernutterfriday's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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

4.5

What a fascinating read. I needed a fictiony novel after some of the heavier stuff I've been working through, and this was perfect. Definitely violent, but in the way I knew it would be. I also found the romance fairly tastefully done. The cover made me think this would be very romance-heavy, but it was lovely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

bentleyc's review against another edition

1.0

Maid Marian starts out as a fairly naive character and presumably grows out of this through the book. However, she is placed into situations of pure stupidity in order to move the story line along. Better creativity should have been used in moving the story line along rather than forcing the main character to select deliberately stupid choices that contradict her growth as a character.

The story drags on with unnecessary scenes only to have the ending be rushed.

oliviakateamerica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ginnikin's review against another edition

I would've enjoyed it more if I didn't know history. Oh well.

leigh9's review against another edition

Awesome cover but it feels a bit too obsessed with sex. And body parts. And looking at reviews it looks like it isn't going to get better and I feel like if I keep going I'm going to end up hating robin hood stuff.

radioisasoundsalvation's review against another edition

2.0

This. Book. Was. SO SILLY. Oi.

linmjenk's review against another edition

5.0

Love how the story is told from a woman's perspective.

jobinsonlis's review against another edition

3.0

This book felt like a prequel to a Robin Hood story right up until the end when I realized it was the whole thing. There is a sequel and maybe that will have more traditional Robin Hood elements but as this stands, it was a little boring. I genuinely like Marian and Robert here but they felt like they were in a holding pattern for hundreds of pages.

micheleashley's review against another edition

5.0

I read this when I was probably way too young to be reading it lol. I remember loving it.