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I reread this book as an adult because it was one of my favorite childhood novels. The story is very fun and the characters are interesting, and I enjoyed reading it. It's a great way for young people to start reading Arthurian legends in an accessible way, since many of the classics of the genre are difficult to read.

However, it is a book in which a male author writes about two male protagonists coming to understand the value of women, which is pretty odd. His conclusion is that women can be good in spite of ugliness and bad in spite of beauty, and that women deserve self-determination. I'm on board for thesis #2, but the first one is pretty shallow and reduces women to being either good or bad, beautiful or ugly. Arguably, that is an aspect of Arthurian Legend. But this book is very clearly trying to adapt those myths to a modern audience, and I think that is an aspect of Arthurian legend that should be left behind.


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The Squire Tale Gerald Morris Books Reviews

Love this book. Got it used but in great condition. Only has a black line through the side of it and a library stamp on one of the pages
I bought The Squire's Tale to 'pre-read' before giving it to my grandson. Mr. Morris knows the original Arthurian legends well and incorporates them skillfully. I laughed out loud many times; he has captured some of the humor in the original stories (which can be very funny). I will give this to my grandson, and get the others in the series to read myself. I doubt, however, that many American teenage readers will catch the allusions to the original stories.
I enjoyed this entire series quite a bit. I would recommend it for middle school/jr high up through adults. I had a bachelors and a masters degree at the time I read it.

I think the other reviews have given enough plot synopsis so I won't re-write it. In my opinion, Gerald Morris is a masterful author with great story ideas and superb character development. I am anxiously awaiting the next book from this author.
This book gives me the same joy it did when I first read it some ten years ago. The writing is clever and funny, the characters lovable, and the plot charming without being dull.
I cried when this series ended. It is a fast-paced, witty, intelligent, and fun new take on King Arthur and his round table, the knights, Merlin, and the enchanting world of faeries. Worth a read. Everyone in my family loves these books and recommends them as often as possible.
This is a great beginning to a wonderful series about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. We read the first five or six books in the series to our children when they were younger and they have continued reading it on their own. They have asked for their own copies as they have moved out of the house.
If you love retellings, this is one of my favorites. There's enough there to seem familiar and enough new material to give it a fresh point of view. The characters are lovable and very human with strengths and weaknesses.
I reread this book as an adult because it was one of my favorite childhood novels. The story is very fun and the characters are interesting, and I enjoyed reading it. It's a great way for young people to start reading Arthurian legends in an accessible way, since many of the classics of the genre are difficult to read.

However, it is a book in which a male author writes about two male protagonists coming to understand the value of women, which is pretty odd. His conclusion is that women can be good in spite of ugliness and bad in spite of beauty, and that women deserve self-determination. I'm on board for thesis #2, but the first one is pretty shallow and reduces women to being either good or bad, beautiful or ugly. Arguably, that is an aspect of Arthurian Legend. But this book is very clearly trying to adapt those myths to a modern audience, and I think that is an aspect of Arthurian legend that should be left behind.