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sophia_sol) wrote2015-05-18 08:57 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2015-05-18 08:57 pm
The Heretic's Apprentice, by Ellis Peters
It's been a while since I've made further progress on my read-through of the Brother Cadfael series, but look! I'm back to it! This one was a really good one, imo. I mean, the theme is right there in the title - a lot of the book is really interested in theology and heresy and scriptural interpretation and interpretation of the early church fathers (particularly Augustine and Origen). Which I AM THERE FOR. I would have been there for even a much larger quantity of this sort of focus in the book!
Of course, given that it's a Cadfael book, there is also a) a murder and b) a romance. The romance worked out well, and I really liked Fortunata, though Elave was merely okay. The murder - well, I thought the narrative came down a little too far on the side of being understanding of why a man would choose to murder for the sake of a REALLY REALLY AMAZING book. Sigh. Oh well.
And of course I love Cadfael's continuing struggle with his vow of obedience; he did really well at following it in this book, go Cadfael! Though this is helped by him having a really understanding abbot. I understand that in real life Robert does eventually follow Radulfus as abbot and I just hope that in the world of these books Cadfael has passed peacefully on before that happens. Cadfael would REALLY struggle with Robert as his abbot.
At any rate, I just love Cadfael so much and am happy to hang out with him anytime. What an enjoyable book.
Of course, given that it's a Cadfael book, there is also a) a murder and b) a romance. The romance worked out well, and I really liked Fortunata, though Elave was merely okay. The murder - well, I thought the narrative came down a little too far on the side of being understanding of why a man would choose to murder for the sake of a REALLY REALLY AMAZING book. Sigh. Oh well.
And of course I love Cadfael's continuing struggle with his vow of obedience; he did really well at following it in this book, go Cadfael! Though this is helped by him having a really understanding abbot. I understand that in real life Robert does eventually follow Radulfus as abbot and I just hope that in the world of these books Cadfael has passed peacefully on before that happens. Cadfael would REALLY struggle with Robert as his abbot.
At any rate, I just love Cadfael so much and am happy to hang out with him anytime. What an enjoyable book.