Elsa Watson
Forfatter af Maid Marian
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- Kanonisk navn
- Watson, Elsa
- Fødselsdato
- 1972-06-24
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
- Uddannelse
- Carleton College
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Gateway Readers Award Nominee
- Kort biografi
- Elsa Watson is the author of Maid Marian, her debut novel (Crown, 2004), a Gateway Readers Award nominee. From 1996-1998 she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. She lives and writes on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Visit her at http://www.elsawatson.net.
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- Værker
- 7
- Medlemmer
- 314
- Popularitet
- #75,177
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
- 15
- ISBN
- 14
- Sprog
- 2
Warwick Castle/Sherwood Forest/Denby-on-Trent, 1190s
1 Virginal Widow (Teen Variety)
1 Scheming Mother-In-Law
1 Unscrupulous Queen
1 Stolen Inheritance
1 Norman/Saxon Class Divide
1 Very Merry Outlaw
Politics
Cudgel Lessons
1 Timely Escape
1 Fairy-Tale-Like "Love" Story (in that sort of abstract way)
Chekhov's "Juliet" Potion
1 Elaborate Ruse to Regain Rightful Inheritance
The Short Version
A historical novel looking at the Robin Hood legend from the point of view of the class divide between Normans and Saxons...sort of. It talks about it some, but any nuance of the matter is pretty well ruined by the fact that every Norman we actually speak to other than Marian is villainous to a greater or lesser extent.
Not to mention that I was hoping for a young lady who was driven to *do* something rather than passively be bartered about. But mostly what Marian seems to do is run away and/or be rescued. When she lacks the courage to run away from her second marriage and is paralyzed by fear and indecision, I may be able to relate, but it is frustrating. Thankfully she is saved by Robin Hood, but I found him to be simultaneously smug and naiv (rather than idealistic) and more irritating than attractive which makes Marian's mooning after him annoying as well. Their relationship seems out of a fairy tale - in that they are in love because they are both young and attractive and near one another rather than any actual connection.
On the whole, this spent rather too much time on the inescapable drudgery that is a woman's lot with most of the interesting action and political scheming in the novel taking place off-screen as Marian minds the camp or is hiding in a peasant cottage or she has such poor eyesight that it must be described to her. None of which makes for a particularly enjoyable main character.… (mere)