I’m not even going to pretend that I was well-versed with Norse mythology before reading this. Sure, I have heard of Odin, Thor, and Loki. I’ve also read series that pay major homage, and I’ve listened to this song, I mean, a lot: But I probably could not recite the basic story of 99% of what was in this book, before reading this book. The hierarchy of “Mythology People Have Heard of” has got to be the Greeks and Romans at the top, right? That’s […]
More mythology please
This is a good retelling of some of the basic elements of Norse mythology, but it felt a little light and incomplete to me. I was hoping for a fuller presentation of the whole saga, which granted would make this book twice or thrice as long as it is. For example, there is very little about the lady goddesses, some of whom do have their own stories. There’s a note in the introduction about how many Norse stories have been lost, which is true of […]
“When something goes wrong, the first thing I always think is, it is Loki’s fault. It saves a lot of time.”
I’m already pretty familiar with the Norse gods thanks to an early obsession with different mythologies, but you don’t pass up an opportunity to read Neil Gaiman’s take on them. Especially if you happen to be in a book shop and see a copy and remember that your boyfriend never bought you a copy despite the number of colossal hints you’ve already dropped. Anyway… Norse Mythology is a short trip through the stories of the gods – I read it all in one lazy morning […]
Always re-read your books, people. You never know what you’ll find if you go digging back in there.
I first read American Gods when I was twenty-five. It was only my second Neil Gaiman book; I’d read Stardust several months earlier and completely fell in love with it, so it seemed like a no-brainer to give this one a go, since so many people were over the moon about it. What I found was not what I expected. The book is long and meandering. Its characters inhabit the grey areas of the world. They do gross things, immoral things, right alongside utterly mundane and profound things. They […]
“There is no end. It is simply the end of the old times, Loki, and the beginning of the new times. Rebirth always follows death.”
Remember my New Year’s resolution to stay current on my reviews? Yeah. This is review number 43 and I’ve finished 53 books so far in 2017. Naughty Badkittyuno…. So a lot of other people have reviewed this anthology, and I am firmly in the camp of those who loved loved loved it. Neil Gaiman can’t really do any wrong in my book anyway, but I thought this collection was particularly enjoyable. I’m not overly familiar with Norse mythology, beyond what I’ve learned through American Gods, […]
Norse Gods Doing Norse God-like Things
After finishing up two audiobooks that I already know are contenders for best of the year I needed a change of pace. Something relaxing, that wouldn’t attempt to compare to the last two. Enter Mr. Gaiman reading his new collection of Norse Mythology. It was exactly what I needed. Mr. Gaiman starts with the Norse creation myth, and from there spreads out picking and choosing to tell fun and interesting tales involving Odin, Thor, and Loki most of the time.There’s the usual cast of characters […]
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