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lorilanefox's review against another edition
4.0
The Saga of the Volsungs can be convoluted and confusing, but the Saga if Ragnar Lothbrok is interesting and easy to follow. I just wish it were longer. Long live Ragnar!
jennyhasagooddog's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
4.0
The story is enduring for obvious reasons, but I'm a little disappointed in this edition. It does have an introduction and endnotes, but the notes are not as extensive as I would like. Some passages only made sense to me because of the notes in Carolyn Larrington's Oxford World's Classics edition of the Poetic Edda.
emnello's review against another edition
3.5
Characters introduced in the first three chapters: Sigi, Skadi, Signy, Sigmund and Siggeir. With the utmost affection, I hate mythology.
jeffschaible's review against another edition
4.0
This is a tough one to rate within the context of all the contemporary fiction/fantasy that I typically read. It's a fantastic (if brief) story. It's influence on many books that I'd consider favorites is obvious.
There are heroes and dragon slaying, betrayals and revenge, incest and murder. But it also feels so thin. I get that these were passed down through oral tradition, but our 4th- and 5th-century storytellers could have elaborated a bit.
There are heroes and dragon slaying, betrayals and revenge, incest and murder. But it also feels so thin. I get that these were passed down through oral tradition, but our 4th- and 5th-century storytellers could have elaborated a bit.