I enjoyed most of this greatly, at least more than I initially thought I would. There is a lot of drama and sometimes humorous scenes (for example, the random chapter where Sir Launcelot gets shot in the buttocks with an arrow) interspersed with vast amounts of sword fighting, jousting, and tournaments. I found the fights to be less engaging, as they were incredibly repetitive and seemed like an archaic form of filler.

Most likely, this is a book that would benefit from a lot of background reading to supplement it, and although admittedly I am currently not as knowledgeable on the form of medieval literature as I would like to be, I still had fun reading about the adventures of the knights of the Round Table. The edition I read, edited by John Matthews, had a large preface / introduction, which provided a lot of interesting information on a few different contextual facts, including the argument over the true identity of the author, Thomas Malory. This is intriguing especially as the most suspected person for authorship was a repeated criminal, responsible for severe crimes such as rape and kidnapping, despite the messages of Christian purity and chivalry that are promoted within Le Morte D'Arthur.

Although dense, this is a wonderful place to be introduced to many characters of Arthurian literature, and allows the reader (if they so desire) to delve further into individual stories written by other authors.