Review: As with Knight Esquire, Knight of the Realm fails miserably
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2012
Knight of the Realm was a tedious read often skipping pages or speed reading to find interesting parts that relate to the overall storyline that began in The Builder and supposedly continued with Knight Esquire. In my previous review of Knight Esquire, I used the analogy of dictating a day in one's life in a tape recorder, putting that to paper and call it a book. That aptly describes how Knight of the Realm was written. Many of the actions and situations Master Builder Tor finds himself in one just simply can not suspend disbelief. Especially when the protagonist, and his friends are all late teens or early 20s and still stick their tongues out at each other or talk about sex, all the while the friends betray Tor, steal his devices, a war is declared, and they all act as though the only thing that matters is high school age back stabbing and drama between each other.Further still, I kept reading the book, wondering when I would get back to the story. It's as if the author forgot about plot and decided to write about whatever fancied at the moment and had the protagonist Tor follow that.I'd recommend Master Builder, as a decent read, but not Knight Esquire and certainly not Knight of the Realm.