T.A. Barron
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.98 | 17933 Users | 774 Reviews
Describe Out Of Books The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)
| Title | : | The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1) |
| Author | : | T.A. Barron |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | July 2nd 2002 by Ace (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Mythology. Arthurian. Magic. Adventure. Childrens. Middle Grade |
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I enjoyed the prose, particularly when it describes the natural world. However, the novel is poorly plotted, with the protagonist bouncing from one coincidental encounter to the next. Nearly every problem is solved by something fortuitously dropping from the sky, appearing out of the blue, etc. No fewer than FIVE chapters end with the protagonist falling unconscious. Once is a cliche; five times is an offense against literature. The protagonist is almost willfully stupid. Either that or the author assumes his reader is equally thick. Everything is articulated in the most heavy-handed way possible. Similarly, Rhia and Merlin know each other for a few days, but some passages infer that we're meant to think of them as lifelong friends. They don't behave like people who have known each other for only a few days (particularly when Merlin confirms he's not a ghost to Rhia by wrapping his index finger around hers, as if they've had time to make that a gesture with personal history/significance to either of them). Their relationship is unbelievable. Shim, the tiny giant, speaks like Jar Jar Binks and is equally insufferable. Merlin abandons his loving mother but rescues his evil father. There's just so much to dislike here.Present Books Supposing The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)
| Original Title: | The Lost Years of Merlin |
| ISBN: | 0441010288 (ISBN13: 9780441010288) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Merlin #1, The Lost Years of Merlin #1 |
Rating Out Of Books The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)
Ratings: 3.98 From 17933 Users | 774 ReviewsArticle Out Of Books The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)
A book for all ages. In this excellent tale of the wizard between the mortal and divine, voices appear in Merlin's head and he wants his memory back to know who and what he is. Later Merlin learns, like Luke Sky Walker in Star Wars, that his father is the evil one. It is in Chapter 4 "Sacred Time" that Merlin recreates the classic myth of the eternal return, rebirth.I could not finish this book after five chapters; it was just so boring and icky. Dull, dull, dull. I didn't like it ok?
This was an interesting take on the Merlin mythos and a great starting point for young readers to get into Arthurian literature. If you have a young reader you want to get interested in this stuff, reach for this one, absolutely.Unfortunately, I came into this as an adult, already fascinated with Arthurian legend (so some of this felt a little far fetched) and right on the heels of Mary Stewart's excellent Merlin saga, so I think this fell a little flatter than it would have otherwise.
I absolutely adored this book. I usually dont enjoy shorter fantasy novels since I seem to need 800+ pages to really become invested in a new world and new characters but this time that was not the case. ProsThere was just the right amount of travelling and we didnt get mind numbing descriptions of every individual leaf along the way. The plot was constantly moving forward while still taking the time to build the world around you. Although it is a YA novel it is not centred around a romantic
I loved the idea that the author chose to write. It takes great imagination to invent a world and characters that create the beginnings of a character that has been written about for so long. I found the narrative compelling as well as believable.
Cringe inducing author introduction followed by Book Party Foul: amnesiac main character. I suppose I should know this, but I never read those plot spoiling blurbs. Audiobook DNF.
Real rating; 3.5.Too much description for my taste.If there's one thing I don't like it's a book whose plot is really good but has too many unnecessary descriptions.I don't really care how the sky looked when Emrys woke up or how the grass smelled when he traveled.I kind of liked Shim,but Rhia is a different story-you know I'm not a fan of insta-connection between characters.I'm also not liking the fact that Emrys saved his cruel father but left his mother easily.I mean,the woman took care of
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