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I hate being so down on anything by Gaiman, but this just wasn't the book I thought it was going to be.
I thought it was going to be an adult collection, but the writing style seems more suited towards the lower end of the YA scale or even Middle Grade. The blurb describes it as a "novelistic arc" so I thought it would be written in a more adult oriented novelistic prose style.
Instead, a lot of it feels like he just paraphrased whatever source material he used and added in a bit of humor and a j ...more
I thought it was going to be an adult collection, but the writing style seems more suited towards the lower end of the YA scale or even Middle Grade. The blurb describes it as a "novelistic arc" so I thought it would be written in a more adult oriented novelistic prose style.
Instead, a lot of it feels like he just paraphrased whatever source material he used and added in a bit of humor and a j ...more
I went into this book with no expectations. I thought it actually was pretty good. Gaiman writes well and tells the stories in modern language without changing them. I think this edition will bring the Norse myths to many who otherwise would never read them other than in the comics.
This was okay. It was a straight retelling of Norse mythology, kind of like those Victorian retellings of Shakespeare or Greek mythology.
Gaiman obviously gets a lot of inspiration from the myths (he wrote the enjoyable Odd and the Frost Giants as a creative children's story set in the same world). His audio books are also read by him which is well worth a listen. He tells a great tale.
Unfortunately, it seems like Norse mythology can be broken down to
*Loki is a jerk (or 'crafty')
*the other gods ...more
Gaiman obviously gets a lot of inspiration from the myths (he wrote the enjoyable Odd and the Frost Giants as a creative children's story set in the same world). His audio books are also read by him which is well worth a listen. He tells a great tale.
Unfortunately, it seems like Norse mythology can be broken down to
*Loki is a jerk (or 'crafty')
*the other gods ...more
Really wonderful retelling of some of my favourite stories.
Jul 10, 2017
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Finally finished! Neil Gaiman makes Norse mythology as tolerable as it can be, but it is still a vile and terrible business.
Tom Hiddleston and Marvel aside, I should have remembered how much I hated Thor before the movie, and why.
Tom Hiddleston and Marvel aside, I should have remembered how much I hated Thor before the movie, and why.
Mar 26, 2017
Ellen
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Apr 23, 2017
Bella
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Apr 24, 2017
Andrea
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Apr 29, 2017
Patricia
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Jan 09, 2018
Jenna
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Mar 23, 2018
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