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davidreyno's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.25
Good telling of the Morse myths
hidingzeus's review against another edition
3.0
I really loved these Norse myths. They were each genuinely entertaining and reminded me of reading fairy tales endlessly as a kid.
mat_tobin's review against another edition
5.0
Nobody does it better than Crossley-Holland. Impeccably researched and written like a true storyteller, I was pleasantly surprised at the whole structure of the collection and how, even though the stories are vast and stupendous and world-breaking in scale, the author managed to bind it all with a beginning and an end. Parallels to Christianity abound and the patterns of the older stories and how they were taken and moulded to fit new religions was key for me. For younger readers though, it will be curmudgeonly dwarves and arrogant giants, hammer-wielding gods and of course, Loki the trickster himself. Fantastically illustrated throughout by Jeffrey Alan Love.
iina's review against another edition
4.0
Great fun on audio, these stories work well when told in an oral format. Quite enjoyed how they were written to interlink and follow one another, too, even if the original myths don’t exactly do this.
rolien's review
5.0
De Noorse mythen zijn uiteraard tijdloos, en toegankelijk opgeschreven door de auteur.
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