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adamkor's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
blanche's review against another edition
4.0
Gehört in einer wunderbaren Hörspiel Bearbeitung in der ARD Audiothek.
innerlines's review against another edition
This was... not entirely what I expected.
I absolutely loved the first two plays (Rhinegold and Valkyrie) but the latter two were quite disappointing from a gender equality perspective. For example, there was one scene where Brunnhilde stated that now that she lost her virginity, all of her power was lost, and I... I just balked. Seriously? Just, why?!
I should have known that an operatic masterpiece from the mid-1800s wouldn’t be progressive for it’s time, but I had some hope.
Overall a solid masterpiece of work that I don’t regret reading, and provided the background I’ve always wanted to know from reading the graphic novel series by Alex Alice (Siegfried - would highly recommend) from a while back.
P.S. I look forward to seeing the allusions in LOTR to this book and Beowulf when I read it in the near future.
I absolutely loved the first two plays (Rhinegold and Valkyrie) but the latter two were quite disappointing from a gender equality perspective. For example, there was one scene where Brunnhilde stated that now that she lost her virginity, all of her power was lost, and I... I just balked. Seriously? Just, why?!
I should have known that an operatic masterpiece from the mid-1800s wouldn’t be progressive for it’s time, but I had some hope.
Overall a solid masterpiece of work that I don’t regret reading, and provided the background I’ve always wanted to know from reading the graphic novel series by Alex Alice (Siegfried - would highly recommend) from a while back.
P.S. I look forward to seeing the allusions in LOTR to this book and Beowulf when I read it in the near future.
lostiolite's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
3.5
The beginning half of the book was just not for me. I found myself spacing out constantly, but once things started to pick up speed with the dragon fight and the romance as everything came around, it became more interesting and actually held my attention. Plus, the illustrations were neat-o.