Howard Pyle- Robin Hood 3.25 Stars
I won’t bother summarising this classic as
I think you all know the basics about Robin Hood. I was actually surprised at
how different this was from what I expected, especially the fact that Maid
Marian doesn’t make an appearance until three-quarters of the way through the
book, and then it is just for one chapter as well as one mention later on. It
seems that movie makers have taken a lot of liberties with this book and have
changed so much about it. It covers so much more time than I was expecting as
well. I did enjoy reading this novel, once I got past all the ‘doths’ and ‘quoths’.
It did seem choppy in its writing style. It was more like a collection of short
stories about Robin Hood in the way that it was put together, but it keeps the
reader intrigued about what trouble he was going to get himself into next. His
playful personality is what gets him into the most amount of trouble every
time. This makes for an amusing read. The characters were also very well done,
they seemed quite realistic and I love how we see him battling it out with the
same people every time, yet there actually was very little killing. Overall I
enjoyed this classic, but would have liked it better if it didn’t feel so
choppy at times.
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