This was OK. It was both amusing and touching in parts, and there were some good jokes - mainly quipped by the grimmest of the characters, Ganelon, which was a neat joke in itself. The story zipped along nicely. Its characters are close to the models of the genre, and this is limiting, particularly for the women - I counted two bitches and one domestic goddess, with a sprinkling of younger women who were allowed to have initiative but not to exercise it anywhere it mattered.

I found I skipped the fights: it's a bit like listening to football on the radio. And I'm not really interested in football anyway.