Review: Some basic problems but not valueless
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
David Wisehart's writing style easily pulled me into the story, but a few things bothered me and occasionally jolted me out of the story.First, word choices. Many words caused me to pause as I re-read sections trying to discern word meanings without having to pull out a dictionary. I could sometimes see the reason for the particular word choice, but many times I simply wished for a more common choice.Secondly, the use of Latin. Some of the Latin was translated or explained, but others of it was not, which left me wondering what I was missing.Thirdly, long stretches of poems or songs. While I appreciated the effort, the longer the poem went on, the more likely I was to simply skip to the end and give up whatever detail I was missing by not reading it all.I saw a couple scenes I saw little need for (a rape scene being one of them, though I greatly appreciated the effort to make it as clean and quick as possible). Additionally, I had small problems with the geography as I'm not at all familiar with the area the author describes.But all this is not to say that the story doesn't have any value. It's not my favorite, but if you love Dante or some of CS Lewis's works, if questionable knights finding themselves on a great quest appeals to you, then you might enjoy this story immensely.