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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Start date: April 2, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

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Jun 06, 2012 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1st-in-a-series, goddess-gods, fantasy, historical-fiction, favorites, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, own, arthurian

4.75

This would have to be one of my top reads for 2017.....It lost .25 to make it a full 5 stars because of all the times I wanted to smack Gewnhwyfar.

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Sep 04, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing

This blew me away when I was 15.
I'm in my 40's now and a bit better informed about history, but nevertheless this is a brilliant piece of fiction, with characters that will stay with you forever. ...more

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Mar 05, 2009 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was amazing

This book was a "Bible" to me. I love Arthur legends and at this time I read everything that had anything to do with Arthur, and I love the witchy feminism theme in the book. ...more

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Oct 22, 2008 Brenda rated it liked it

I don't quite know how to rate this book. One the one hand, I think the writing was mostly beautiful and I can't say I was ever bored. But there wasn't one single likable character. I had no one to root for through the whole nearly 900 pages. I hated everyone.

And it really didn't need to be 900 pages. There were some things that were just so repetitive and slow moving, and we didn't need to hear about it for the 50th time.

It's definitely not one I'd read again, as it took me forever to get thro ...more

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