Up to Chapter 20 Quick Thoughts
1. Flashbacks - I have enjoyed each of the roundtable characters backstories so far. I always have a innate reaction to feeling set back from the actual story when these are introduced in book. But when the third character (Dinadan's) backstory chapter was introduced, I was actually excited. Each one has felt like a small self-contained fairy tale and gives you just enough to sympathize with the character of the roundtable and helps showcase how they are all kind of a bunch of misfits like Collum.
2. Collum's Perspective - I have been in love with Collum as a character and experiencing his perspective of this world from the start of the book. Kind of like the main character from the Magician's he somehow manages to be a dope but a hero at the same time without feeling like he isn't a realistic character, or that he's just incredibly lucky, or invincible cause he's the main character of the book. "Collum said a prayer and was met with a more resounding silence than usual." me too Collum. "God's feet! and toes, and Bollocks!"
3. Incredible Narrator - I love how the wry humor in the writing is performed so thoughtfully by the narrator. It's not delivered in a snarky or sassy way. A lot of the time character are having internal thoughts trying to make sense of the world and God, and it is written absurdly, but the narrator's delivery is very thoughtful, making it far funnier.
4. Down The Well - I was a little bummed when i learned Collums adventures after escaping the coffin and the well weren't real. The author does a great job with the transitions between the Fey and Real world. But I was a little let down when the boys from the round table were reintroduced and it turned out to be an ordeal to become a Knight of The Roundtable. Which leads me to...
5. Morgan le Fay, All the way, every day, Morgan le Fay.
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