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Mar 18, 2024
Cleo
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it was amazing
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I feel rather embarrassed giving this novel 5 stars. While the excitement and adventures roar along like a bullet train, the depth of some of the characters and details within the story are somewhat lacking. Yet I enjoyed it SO much!
Wamba is perhaps my favourite character (possibly everyone's favourite!) and yet each one has a distinct "flavour" that is quite memorable. I still don't know why this novel is titled "Ivanhoe". You could name many, many characters who were more present than he was ...more
Wamba is perhaps my favourite character (possibly everyone's favourite!) and yet each one has a distinct "flavour" that is quite memorable. I still don't know why this novel is titled "Ivanhoe". You could name many, many characters who were more present than he was ...more
Oct 10, 2020
Shirley (stampartiste)
rated it
really liked it
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Don Quixote started something with me. It made me fall in love with knights-errant and the whole chivalry thing. I also loved Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and now Ivanhoe. I must try The Once and Future King next. I shouldn't be surprised at how much I love this genre, as I loved all of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books.
It was amazing how much this book felt like it had been written in 1194 (the setting of the story) rather than its publication date of 1819. Scott wrote in an archaic Engl ...more
It was amazing how much this book felt like it had been written in 1194 (the setting of the story) rather than its publication date of 1819. Scott wrote in an archaic Engl ...more
Really boring
Jul 22, 2012
midnightfaerie
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Feb 15, 2013
Ileana
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May 23, 2013
Alana
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Kelsey
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Apr 01, 2016
Lara Yener
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Apr 12, 2016
Cat Anne
marked it as to-read-classics
Nov 18, 2016
Stephanie
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Jan 18, 2019
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Jun 29, 2020
Alexandra Madigan
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Sep 29, 2020
adele
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Feb 13, 2021
Naveen
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Oct 23, 2022
Neeria
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