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Review title: Unnecessarily Violent
Product review: Probably an interesting story in the end, but I just can't get through the graphic violence. The story begins with a raid on an medieval English village in which nearly everyone is killed. The survivor begins the rest of his life avenging the deaths of his family and the theft of a religious relic. Sounds promising, no? But after getting through the initial violent beginning the book continues in the same vein.It occurred to me that maybe this kind of graphic violence is what appeals to (or rather is meant for) men who want to read adventure-type books - lots of blood, descriptions of what arrows do to various parts of the body, horses 'screaming' (a particular ugly picture in my mind), and other descriptions of various ancient tools of war. No thanks.I was looking for a captivating historical fiction read on vacation (picked the book up at a used book store). Instead of a book where the story is key I got book with violence as the main character. Too bad.
