Reviews

The Wizard Knight: (comprising the Knight and the Wizard) by Gene Wolfe

stormblessed4's review

Will maybe pick back up.

deathofrats's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

atlifreysi's review against another edition

5.0

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apcraig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

bhowell317's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

biggest_muscles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-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

4.25

evan_j_dove_007's review

5.0

I most definitely came to Wolfe before I was ready. I bounced off of him hard in my early teens, not really sure why he was considered one of the greats. His penchant for unreliable narrators and method of writing don’t play well at all unless you get it. I get it now (aided by my much expanded store of literary, sociological and religious allusions). The writing hasn’t changed (obviously) and the way it flows can sometimes be difficult to read. But the cadence (? I don’t think that’s the right word, but flow seems too vague a term) that he strikes, the way his books read, is nigh on singular, and really special. There will always be some of the inherent vices borne by fiction by and for white Christian men (or rather, not necessarily vices but markings), and Wolfe has some tics that may be annoying for readers, but reading this book feels like something much older, more elemental than it’s protagonists familiarity with cars and ‘Murica would make it seem at first glance. Truly incredible, in spite of its flaws

psychomax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

jbragg6625's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

programmed_sunn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0