Hood Spoiler Thread

[silversparrow]

Well, it's similar enough to the traditional Robin of Loxley to me in that here's this kid who grew up in a village that he lost.....also, the presence of Iwan/John tipped me off....a chubby friar who is on a bit of a hair trigger....

*shrugs*

I really liked it, myself. Maybe I'm just not as critical as I should be. Maybe I just don't know how to critique a book. All I know is, did it hold my attention? Yes. Was it enjoyable? Yes. OK, that's more than sufficient for me.

[whtfalcon]

I just want to add, that I as well as a few other I also did in fact enjoy Merian's character. I think that in the next book she is going to play a bigger roll. Merian gave the feeling of how mortal we are. I mean when in the book 'As the day's went by, however, her energetic dislike for the Ffreinc began to flag......the onslaught of courtesy and charm with which she was treated...... she found herself actually enjoying the proceedings' Merian has a deep hate for the Ffreinc but she was forced to go to the 'enemy's camp' for the summer, and to her dislike she starts to like a little of the Ffeinc ways. It put a real life spin to the story. We may hate something because its unknown to us, but then once we are forced to endure it we start to slowly come around. I can go on and on but I wont because it will take days. But I do enjoy Merian and I know I will enjoy reading more about her roll in the next book. Scarlet... hmmmm I have been reading into the Myth of the Raven King/ and old stories of Robin Hood trying to find something to hint toward what it could be, if anyone finds anything let us know. Its going to be a long year

[kg00ds]

not sure where o post this so here it is:

I thought it was a lil cool:

www.boldoutlaw.com/realrob/realrob3.html

[laurelin]

Thanks for posting that

I thoroughly enjoyed Hood, as evidenced by how quickly I read it. ;D
There were a couple of places where the pov felt a little unbalanced, but I doubt I would have noticed it if I wasn't in the middle of writing my own book. On the whole, I enjoyed his use of it; despite the frequency of perspective shifts, it allowed us to see the story in a broader scope, with more nuances than first person or an infrequent number of perspective shifts would have allowed.

As for the story, I loved it. Bran makes a fantastic Robin Hood, mostly because it's so unlikely--I loved the first chapter because it gives you a good glimpse of what kind of person is hidden beneath all the psychosis. I love the distance between him and Merian at the end. That scene was absolutely perfect.

I wish we could have had a little more of Iwan; that's all I really felt deprived of...Mostly, now, I'm trying to distract myself from longing for Scarlet.

[hoodedwarrior]

I liked Hood. I'm always interested in tales which are different than they are usually told, especially if they have been researched, to, if anything, make them more accurate.

On Merian's character, yes, she is stubborn and other things but I found her reaction to Bran believable. All she knew of Bran was the irresposible self-seeking rogue at the start of the book. Even when he begs things off her later, he's still trying to escape, save his own skin. She isn't to know that he is slowly maturing into someone who cares for the people and will stay and fight. I think she will settle into the camp OK. (at least, I hope she does) Probably with the help of Angharad. It will do her good, ground her, as it were.
What do you think about the theory that the talking Raven (in the prologue and later)/Angharad are the ones from the legend that Angharad tells Bran? This may tie into the mystical element people think is coming, but if I've picked up on it, then it must be pretty obvious...thus, meant to be found...