She’s whiney, annoying, and honestly, not that smart. Here, she’s a conniving woman who only wants a son and will go to any length to guilt and goad her husband into being a better Christian because she believes that a stronger more fanatical faith will bring that wish to fruition. I couldn’t stand her and I have a very high tolerance for liking this character in most Arthurian re-tellings. Then there’s Gwenhwyfar, King Arthur’s wife. Even if how she gets it is through sex but she’s not ashamed so why should we be.

Morgause, Igraine’s sister and Morgaine’s aunt, may be a harsh woman with designs on power his above her abilities, but give her credit, she knows what she wants and how to get it.

When she falls victim to Viviane’s fate machine, she runs when her life is essentially brought to ruins. Morgaine, Igraine’s daughter by her first husband, the Duke of Cornwall, and to a certain extent, Viviane’s adopted daughter, becomes a priestess of Avalon. She has strong convictions and even a few regrets especially for her family and the strains put on them by their fates. Viviane is strong, not likeable, but admirable. Especially when she finds out she’s really just a pawn for Viviane, her sister and priestess of Avalon, who has already once married her off to an older man and plans to marry her to the man who will be high king so she can bear him a son. Igraine, the eventual wife of Uther Pendragon and the mother of King Arthur, is miserable and it’s hard to blame her. Ĭharacter-wise - I love the strong women. If you want a more detailed description, I give you this. It closely follows with the generally known legend and all the characters are there. It may be a little disjointed but I’ll try to pull it back together at the end when I finish up this little experiment.įirst, for those unfamiliar with this book, The Mists of Avalon is a re-telling of Arthurian legend from the perspective of the women. Over the course of the seven weeks I spent reading The Mists of Avalon, I started writing down what I liked/didn’t like about this book and a few thoughts that I didn’t want to slip away.

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