Now, I mean, that’s usually the point of Robin Hood, but I’ve seen all those obnoxious characterisations where he’s noble from the get-go and that’s just so annoying. I appreciate that Lawhead used one of my favourite characterisations of Robin Hood, and that is that he’s a spoiled brat beforehand. (I’m… I’m probably going to get pretty sketchy on the names here, they’re really accurate, thus really difficult to remember). He’s set it in Whales during the invasion of the Franks and the role of Robin Hood is one Bran ap Brychan, the Prince of Elfael. I have the first two books in that series and…. I love his historic twists on well known legends (He’s pretty famous for the take he does on Arthurian stories, I…. Lawhead’s books, in that I own A LOT of them, but haven’t read them… (I think I have 6 or 7? Yeah it’s a little strange). I have this weird relationship with Stephen R. BUT my dad got me the complete trilogy for Christmas so finish them I shall! And I remember really liking it then, but just never got around to finishing the series. I’d read it before about 5 years ago (or whenever it first came out, it was back then). So, this is actually my second time reading this book. Please, don’t ask me why, we don’t question these things. I frequently have meltdowns while thinking about Robin Hood. Robin Hood! Ok, I admit, I have a lot of general feelings about Robin Hood.
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