gsisk reviewed on 6/24/2017 + 191 more book reviews

No, by today's standard, it is not a horror story at all. I thought it more humorous than scary, and the people behave very implausibly. I'm glad the introduction explained this story, otherwise I would not have bothered to finish it; I did, because it is a classic and I was curious to see how it ends.

It has everything: A tyrant, his dutiful wife, older lords wanting to marry young maidens, damsels in distress, a questionable inheritance, knights, an unexpected hero, a priest with a past, mistaken identities that are revealed, lost and found children, sanctuaries, underground passages, caves, forests, a sword fight ... and of course, ghostly appearances ... and a murder in the end! All of this on 99 pages!

Two short passages made me laugh:

The knights gazed on each other, wondering where this would end.
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Manfred: Grant me patience! Will this wench never come to the point?

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