A review by potterpav
The Faerie Queene, Book One by Edmund Spenser

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

surprisingly, i really really liked this poem! after finding out the entire thing is an allegory for protestantism, it became even cooler in my perspective >:) it was a bit of a slog at places but overall the verse was gorgeous and spenser really knew what he was doing when he wrote character descriptions and action scenes omg... the lion deserved better and death to sansjoy but genuinely thought this text was pretty cool!!!!! difficult but worth it
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