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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Start date: October 6, 2009

Finish date: December 16, 2009

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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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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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Apr 05, 2008 Shannon Clark rated it really liked it

been years since I read this book, though the most beautiful girl in my neighborhood in high school, upon whom I had a major crush, loved this book and always wanted a hardcover copy, so whenever I am in a good used bookstore I still, almost 20 years later, find myself scanning for a copy. I remember loving this book myself, probably should reread my trade paperback copy.

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