I was reluctant to read this book because I didn't enjoy the first installment of the trilogy much. Wow, how right I was!!!Since I first read the story by Beroul, in High School, many, many years ago, I loved it. So beautiful yet so tragic. Cross-stared lovers in the resemblance of Romeo and Juliette. How magnificent!But I have never read of a sadder Tristan, even to the point of being ridiculous, and taking this book into account, I wonder how Tristan and Isolde and their love story have made it through time.