Melody Murray's Books

Revisited 2/2010Sprawling and desperately in need of an editor, this book is still very close to my heart. Bradley's deep distrust of Christians infuses every word, and her illumination of the dangers of fanaticism of any stripe rings achingly true. There are thousands of versions of the Arthurian legend out in the world, but for me, this is the truth upon which those legends are based. I can't come to it very often because it is so hard to read as the characters choose the wrong path at every fork, and the tragedy compounds as the book goes along, but it is still an engrossing and involving book despite its flaws.2005Bradley's take on the Arthurian legend from the point of view of the principal female characters is still, for me, the definitive version. It also is very hard to listen to as each character makes bad choice after bad choice and the tragic denouement rushes up and engulfs them all. This audio version is a treat to listen to, provided you can take the requisite time to do so.