Title: Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Author: Avi
Genre: Historic Fiction
This week, I finished reading the book called Crispin: The Cross of Lead. From where I left off last time, Cripsin, a peasant boy, ran away from his home-village, because he was being accused of a crime he did not commit. On his way, he sees many gruesome things, including rotting bodies of other wolf heads - or people who were proclaimed animals, meaning that anyone could kill them. Those scenes, even though they seemes quite disgusting, were actually quite important, in my opinion. They showed what life was actually life during the Middle Ages, and the torture some people had to go through, because they were of a lower rank or status. On his way, Crispin travels throughout the abandoned villages, that were struck by the Plague. On his journey, he meets a travelling juggler. At first, Bear behaves very strictly towards Crispin, making him swear that he would remain his slave for life. However, over the course of their travels, Bear makes Crispin his apprentice, and teaches him about music. In my opinion, this shows that everyone has two sides to their personalities. They might appear mean and cruel at first sight, but if you get to know them, they might turn out to be really considerate and nice. I personally loved the whole veil of mystery that surrounded this novel. Crispin's enemies were constantly following him, without the reader knowing why, until the very end. Also, it was quite amusing to read about Crispin seeing new things, such as tall buildings with windows, meat dishes, etc. and his perceptions of everything he learns about. The references to religion in this book could be quite boring tor ead about for some people, but I thought that the author really cleverly used them. In my opinion, they reflected the time period perfectly, because many people were religious back in Medieval England.
Author: Avi
Genre: Historic Fiction
This week, I finished reading the book called Crispin: The Cross of Lead. From where I left off last time, Cripsin, a peasant boy, ran away from his home-village, because he was being accused of a crime he did not commit. On his way, he sees many gruesome things, including rotting bodies of other wolf heads - or people who were proclaimed animals, meaning that anyone could kill them. Those scenes, even though they seemes quite disgusting, were actually quite important, in my opinion. They showed what life was actually life during the Middle Ages, and the torture some people had to go through, because they were of a lower rank or status. On his way, Crispin travels throughout the abandoned villages, that were struck by the Plague. On his journey, he meets a travelling juggler. At first, Bear behaves very strictly towards Crispin, making him swear that he would remain his slave for life. However, over the course of their travels, Bear makes Crispin his apprentice, and teaches him about music. In my opinion, this shows that everyone has two sides to their personalities. They might appear mean and cruel at first sight, but if you get to know them, they might turn out to be really considerate and nice. I personally loved the whole veil of mystery that surrounded this novel. Crispin's enemies were constantly following him, without the reader knowing why, until the very end. Also, it was quite amusing to read about Crispin seeing new things, such as tall buildings with windows, meat dishes, etc. and his perceptions of everything he learns about. The references to religion in this book could be quite boring tor ead about for some people, but I thought that the author really cleverly used them. In my opinion, they reflected the time period perfectly, because many people were religious back in Medieval England.
Hey your book sounds really interesting. I liked how in your post, you talked about what makes the novel interesting and how the author "cleverly" used religion.
ReplyDeleteYour book sounds really cool. I liked how you described all the gruesome things he sees on his way. Sounds like a great adventure story! :D
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