The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hero and the Crown
Book Review: The Hero and the Crown
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best and most enjoyable books I have ever read. My niece Lynnie gave it to me because I had run out of reading media.I am ever so grateful she lent me her Robin McKinley collection. I don't think i have so enamored of an authors storytelling besides Anne Mccaffrey, Andre Norton, and George R.R. Martin.
This 2 book series has an equally great read in "The Blue Sword". I would recommend them to anyone.
Book Review: Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I read this book every page just blew me away!By my opinion The Lord of The Rings stincks compared to this !!5 stars is not high enough of a ranking!!!IT IS WAY BETTER THAN R.L STINES GOOSEBUMPS AND THOSE USED TO BE MY FAVORITE BOOKS.SADLY I HAVE ONLY THE HERO AND THE CROWN BUT YOU CAN COUNT THAT I WILL READ THE BLUE SWORD.AERIN IS MY FAVORITE HERO SO FAR I BET I WILL LIKE THE BLUE SWORDS HERO ALMOST AS MUCH!THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT EXPIRIENCE !!!!!!!EXTROIDANARY!!!SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Book Review: Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I read this book every page just blew me away!By my opinion The Lord of The Rings stincks compared to this !!5 stars is not high enough of a ranking!!!IT IS WAY BETTER THAN R.L STINES GOOSEBUMPS AND THOSE USED TO BE MY FAVORITE BOOKS.SADLY I HAVE ONLY THE HERO AND THE CROWN BUT YOU CAN COUNT THAT I WILL READ THE BLUE SWORD.AERIN IS MY FAVORITE HERO SO FAR I BET I WILL LIKE THE BLUE SWORDS HERO ALMOST AS MUCH!THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT EXPIRIENCE !!!!!!!EXTROIDANARY!!!SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Book Review: A Crown Jewel
Summary: 5 Stars
Recently I re-read the Hero and the Crown, an honor normally bestowed to Harry Potter alone! The main chracter Aerin is about as human as fantasy characters get. She gets sick off her own stubborness in the begging of the novel and at mid-point and end she is injuried. Lets face it we all loving seeing the main character get hurt and jump back to their feet. The love story is more comical than romantic considering neither Aerin or Tor fisses up to being in love. Though some of the content is a bit advanced, sex and obscenties it is kept to a minmium and acicves betweena PG and PG-13 ratiing.
Robin Mckinely can come off formal in her writing she does have momnets of finally breaking forth the barriers. The plot is imangative and twisted making an enjoyable and diffcut read. I was 12 when i first read it but I think a mature 13 year old is the youngest taht could handle it. About 14 or 15 years if age would be about right?
Book Review: Truly SATISFYING and FRESH fantasy & characters
Summary: 5 Stars
Robin McKinley's books aren't exactly what I would recommend to anyone who is a big battle fanatic. They do have their battles (the final battle between Aerin and the man in the red room and the battle between the Damarians and the Northerners) but it doesn't take over the whole book. There is just enough of a battle to make the book filling, not overwhelming. You can truly see the battle for what it is and the just cause it is being fought for. But in my opinion, they are all the better because of the lack of long, drawn-out, extremely detailed, horribly gory battles! There isn't constant action from scene to scene, you get to know the characters instead, possibly even better than they know themselves. This book is also about discovering the true nature of Aerin and finding ourselves in the process. We find out about their history, there is a great insight into why they are who they are. And I love the horse aspect, I LOVE horses! I own several and have applied the method of riding that Aerin and Harry use to my own horses. The leg thing really does work. Both Damar books are for horse lovers and those who want to know the misfit characters for the genuine, real and wonderful characters that they are. We see wrongs being made right, people coming together in friendship and love and we are able to see a lot of GOODNESS in the process.
Anyone who has been ostracized, left out from the crowd, never felt like they quite fit in, these books are for them. It shows what a strong character people like that can have and how, in many ways, they are stronger than those who have not had the same hardships. After all, it was the misfits with the strongest "kelar" and the ones who defeated the gravest of enemies! This referring to both this book and The Blue Sword also by Robin McKinley.
Aerin is a great character and I would not pass up the experience of following her through all her hardships, it just might teach you something if you do! The thing about Robin McKinley's characters is that they are REAL, you can almost become a personal friend of theirs just by reading these books. They are very approachable characters and your copies of these books will become dog-eared and tattered from reading just like mine have! I also recommend The Blue Sword in addition to this, it takes up the story 500 years after Aerin's time, but still we meet up with some old friends again!