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By Brett Bydairfc
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When I first saw this book on the si
over for several reasons: first, this
type of fantasy I prefer (and I'm fa
on reading THOSE, thank you); s<
this merely another rehashing of tfc
(there are, currently available, the o
an adaptation into illustrated
Star*Reach Publications, as well as s
editions of the ancient epic); and fin<
looked a little stiff, especially the a
was printed. (Yes, I judge a book by
habit I'm trying to break).
With all this in mind, you will und
insides wilted when the editor chuc
me and told me to review it in toda
put off starting it until the last minut
I did. It starts off slowly and takes I
get rolling, but once it does, it keeps i
before the end, where it slacks off a b
Parsival, the son of a king who die
was still in utero and Queen Herzelrc
for 20 years, leaves home the perf<
lives in a dream world, vaguely seel
King Arthur to win his knighthood
caring how long it takes. He finally a
spurs (due to nis incredible strength
find the Holy Grail, using the same i
At one point he is asked:
" 'Where are you bound?'
Parsival knit his eyebrows, com
'Should I be going somewhere?'
Through a series of adventures, 1
maturity. He enters the grail castle,
as to whether he saw the grail itself,
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king the court of hands of John (
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Parsival's rambles and those of .
e captured and forced to slave
y under the command of Clin/izard
who is also looking for the
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id at times approaches poetry in H
s not help the ending, though, niHR^
' in nature. All events are told as
nories of the characters and are t
>, so the reader is not really sure f
i middle-aged Parsival bound at ^
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n kill him has lr?ct hie in
lined a measure of his dreams.
mentum, as if there are several ^
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obably entitled The Grail War. I
i find out what's going on in the ^
11 all the way through, both as
id as metaphysical allegory on Rif*t
I, and if you like to skip endings
or so) this is the book for you.
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