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Perceval: The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes
3.0
most of this book is just c. de troyes going “i won’t bore you with details of the fight but the knights fought and Perceval won” and as a tired lit student at 3am thank you sir because i don’t care either!!
How Novels Work by John Mullan
2.75
“15-year old autistic narrator Christopher Boone is autistic…” you don’t say💀💀💀💀
Good layout of subheadings but I think it was written by mr mullan as he was falling asleep. It was kinda repetitive with the examples he used which meant he stated the same points about the same books again and again, and most of the book is recounting the plots of said books which is so boring if you’ve read them. It also never gets directly brought back to the main question of how novels “work”, and the analysis is abysmal, if even included. Great book if you are an alien and have never read a novel in your life though.
Good layout of subheadings but I think it was written by mr mullan as he was falling asleep. It was kinda repetitive with the examples he used which meant he stated the same points about the same books again and again, and most of the book is recounting the plots of said books which is so boring if you’ve read them. It also never gets directly brought back to the main question of how novels “work”, and the analysis is abysmal, if even included. Great book if you are an alien and have never read a novel in your life though.