The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyNovember 18, 2017 8:32 pm
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
November 8, 2017 –
54.0% “Due to Kindle’s new updates I haven’t been able to read for a week trying to recapture the book I’m reading and figuring out where I left off. Then the text-to-speech stops working and the formats get changed so I can’t even read what to do about it. AMAZON!! DON’T FIX WHAT ISN’T BROKEN!!!! KINDLES ARE FOR READING BOOKS!!!!!”
The above was the first thing I wrote about the book. I tried listening to the Audible version and found the woman’s voice just didn’t work for me. Especially when the older woman voice seemed the same as a male voice. I finally just returned it to Audible thinking I would have better luck with my British text-to-speech voice. And that did help me but as I said above, Kindle itself ruined this experience altogether.
As for the story, there were parts I found interesting but mostly I found that the quote that Tyrion spoke about the gods repeating in my head while reading this book. Neither seemed to care for the women even though the goddess was supposed to be helping the women. Sorry I won’t quote Tyrion here because I don’t want to offend anyone. But those of you who are Game of Thrones fans will remember Lord Varys and Tyrion on the wall talking about the gods.
Maybe had my reading experience been more consistent with books in the past I would have a more favorable review. But I am quite disappointed in the book and with Kindle and Amazon for ruining it for me. I am not at all caring to go read the rest of the series. I’m sorry to everyone that this is how I feel about this book. I have heard so much praise for it over the last few decades that all I can do is shake my head. Please do try it. It’s just me, I’m sure.
Posted by darsword
Categories: Audible, Books, Kindle, Reading, Reviews
Tags: book-1, epic, fantasy, Feminism, Fiction, herstorical-fiction, Kindle, kindle-books-i-own, magick, Marion Zimmer Bradley, mythology
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It’s one of the few Marion Zimmer Bradley books I loath which is weird since it’s how most of my coven found the Goddess
By elfkat on November 19, 2017 at 11:39 am
That is a relief for me. I was most worried about how it would come across for you. I didn’t feel it rang true for any god/goddess and found myself unhappy with characters and plot and everything! Maybe it is the times, maybe it is my goal of reading mostly books written by women whose main characters are women. But this made me feel trapped in the male world again, even the goddess hasn’t enough power? WHAT? Anyway, thanks for commenting!
By darsword on November 19, 2017 at 12:17 pm
I always feel like a heretic when I say I hate it. Sharan Newman’s Guinevere trilogy is better
By elfkat on November 20, 2017 at 12:04 am
I will have to look that one up to cure my Authurian hatred.
By darsword on November 20, 2017 at 8:26 am