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3.08 AVERAGE
3.08 AVERAGE
4 // so fun, so fresh, helga would have loved and defended helen
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This is part of my challenge of reading all 80 penguin little black books. This was book 1/80.
1. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio
2. As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins
3. The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue by Unknown, Katrina C. Attwood (Translator)
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This is part of my challenge of reading all 80 penguin little black books. This was book 1/80.
1. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio
2. As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins
3. The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue by Unknown, Katrina C. Attwood (Translator)
once you get past the one million names this is actually a pretty good read
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this book, and found it to be charming and amusing. It's a bite-sized offering into a Viking-age tale, offering adventure, beautiful prose and humour. The names were a little hard to wrap my head around initially but as you read the book you get more and more used to it. The characters while two dimensional propel the story along nicely, and I feel when not taken too seriously this book is a breeze. I agree with what others have stated that it is essentially a rap battle, and a macho-man contest in the end. Nonetheless enjoyable
3/5 as it was oddly comical, but ultimately a poor story.
2 stars because that's the Goodreads rating for "okay". This is very reminiscent of when my mom tries to tell me a story from work: a lot of tangents and a lot of names and backstory to keep track of for very little actual story (sorry mom).
Also I never for a second was able to suspend my belief enough to believe that people ever regarded poetry & poets that highly lmao. (and I say that as someone who does like poetry)
It's cool how authentically Icelandic this is though, a fun little folk tale for sure.
Also I never for a second was able to suspend my belief enough to believe that people ever regarded poetry & poets that highly lmao. (and I say that as someone who does like poetry)
It's cool how authentically Icelandic this is though, a fun little folk tale for sure.
For the most part, it was interesting and that's why I gave it two stars. But the writing style is not really my thing. And my biggest issue was with the too much characters with too hard names and my pigeon brain got confused.
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I only read this because I wanted to read something short that was written by an anonymous author.
It was an interesting story and I did like some parts of it. It just didn't blow me away and I probably will not read it again.
At least the challenge is complete now.
It was an interesting story and I did like some parts of it. It just didn't blow me away and I probably will not read it again.
At least the challenge is complete now.