Reviews for Secret Camelot

The average rating for Secret Camelot based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-28 00:00:00 Robert Grey This is a fantastically childish book that is thoroughly charming; it really captures the essence of Tolkien's softer themes and humour. Not everything has to be constantly dark and foreboding for his writing to be successful. This is simple, imaginative and a good little bit of fun. The tale is quaint and fairly short in which a dog, initially named Rover, is turned into a toy as an act of revenge because he bit a mean old sand sorcerer. Some people really are that petty. This leads to a series of events in which the toy is washed up on a beach, learns to fly and finally ends up in the company of the Man in the Moon. However, the Man in the Moon already has a dog named Rover; thus, he dubs the toy Roverandom. He temporarily grants him wings resulting in him and the other Rover being chased by a Dragon during one of their flights. A friendship blossoms between the two Rovers, though eventually Rover seeks to be a normal dog once more. He wants to go back to his normal life. And the only person who can reverse the magic is the one who cast it in the first place, but wizards are always tricky: he won't simply do it for nothing. The thing I enjoyed most about this story is learning about where it came from. Tolkien's son lost his precious toy, so Tolkien wrote this story about what could have happened to it and where it might of gone after he lost it. Doesn't he sound like a wonderful farther? "I did nothing but run away from the time I was a puppy, and I kept on running and roving until one fine morning - a very fine morning, with the sun in my eyes - I fell over the world's edge chasing a butterfly."

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-28 00:00:00 Kevin Gravina A fun little tale. A little bit manic in parts but full of imagination and a bit of fun. Definitely one from the days when a kids book was supposed to challenge rather than mimic a childs vocabulary.