Day 3 CSFF Blog Tour for Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead
Posted on: November 28, 2007
It seems I am always posting on Day 3 of these tours. LOL
I read Hood some time ago and enjoyed it, although as some other tour participants noted, Stephen Lawhead turned the whole myth upside down. I’m used to that with Stephen Lawhead though. I read Patrick a few years ago. Although it was a good read, I didn’t like his portrayal of Patrick. The book takes place in the years before he becomes the famous missionary.
Anyway, back to Scarlet… most of the story is told in first person by William who is in prison awaiting his execution. It is fascinating to see events from another character’s point of view. In this book, Bran seems more mysterious, but also has his cracks. Most portrayals of Robin Hood have him as a heroic, always in control and on top of it kind of guy. Not so with Hood or Scarlet…Bran has a real anger and impulse problem that almost cost William his life. It will be interesting to see how this is resolved in the third book of the series.
The one thing I have noticed in Lawhead’s books is a real, vital relationship between the characters and God. In the King Raven Trilogy, the only one that seems to have a close, intimate relationship with him is the old hag. There is an overarching sense that these people believe in God and love Him, but not that they really know Him. It’s not a criticism, it’s just an observation. My favorite books tend to have characters with an intimate relationship with God.
Other participants in the Blog Tour are:
Trish Anderson
Brandon Barr
Wayne Thomas Batson
Jim Black
Justin Boyer
Grace Bridges
Amy Browning
Jackie Castle
Valerie Comer
CSFF Blog Tour
D. G. D. Davidson
Chris Deanne
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Linda Gilmore
Beth Goddard
Marcus Goodyear
Andrea Graham
Jill Hart
Katie Hart
Sherrie Hibbs
Timothy Hicks
Christopher Hopper
Becca Johnson
Jason Joyner
Kait
Karen
Dawn King
Tina Kulesa
Mike Lynch
Margaret
Karen McSpadden
Melissa Meeks
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika or Mir’s Here
Eve Nielsen
John W. Otte
John Ottinger
Lyn Perry
Deena Peterson
Rachelle
Cheryl Russel
Ashley Rutherford
Hanna Sandvig
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Rachelle Sperling
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Robert Treskillard
Jason Waguespac
Daniel I. Weaver
Laura Williams
Timothy Wise
Live Like a King 
November 28, 2007 at 10:35 pm
The whole anger and impulse problem caught me off guard, but it really lent itself well to the story. Made the characters 3 dimensional.
I read Patrick and it was not my favorite book. It was facinating and I’m glad I read it, but it was not my favorite.
Scarlet, though, I loved!