2008-08-16 Simple Robin Hood tale

I felt compelled to write something as I was astonished at all the great reviews for this book. It is an enjoyable tale in the Robin Hood style and I suspect that it reads better in Turkish than it does in English but it is also simple and to me, not particularly unusual or interesting in style and content. I admit that it is several years since I read this book and relatively little has remained in my memory which merely tells me that it was not one of the great books I have read and no-where near the 5* ratings it has had. However, as I say, I did make it to the end of the book and as I was shortly to visit Turkey found it interesting.

British readers may want to know why on earth Turkish outlaws wore red Fez's in the woods - seems to make them instantaneous target practice - I certainly did. I found out when I was in Turkey - Attaturk outlawed the wearing of Fez's around this time thus they became the outlaws' headgear of choice.