For example, Lacy, Ashe and Mancroff's The Arthurian Handbook says the poem is "overshadowed" by Gottfried's masterful version and provides its characters with weak psychological motivations, though it is still "worthy of admiration."
According to Lacy, Ashe, and Mancroff in their book The Arthurian Handbook, the poem is overshadowed by Gottfried's superior rendition and lacks strong character motivation. However, they acknowledge that it remains a worthy work.