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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

4 reviews

trippalli's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

A palatable compilation of Norse myths, readable and interesting, does have gruesome events but it is modernized yet based on ancient stories so very understandable that it has so many murders deaths and tortured vengeance scenes... Not really the main point of this.. It's really focused on the dynamics of the Norse mythical families and their motivations, goals and crashing interactions. 

It seems maybe Loki would like this rendition of the stories...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

kaaaaaaaa's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

"He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes."

Published in 2017, Norse Mythology retells 15 stories from Norse mythology, including the most famous stories like the theft of Thor's hammer and the binding of Fenrir.  From the outset, it's clear that Gaiman loves Norse mythology since these are well-written stories. I will say that I don't know a lot about Norse mythology, so I don't know if the stories are "accurate", but they are very well-written. 

Overall, I really liked these stories (my favorite was Freya's Unusual Wedding - there's some content that may be seen as problematic but I certainly have seen worse) but I really liked the structure of the book. Although these are short stories (with only the characters as the connection link), the way they are organized creates a feeling of continuity that may resemble the continuous narrative of a book. That's something that I don't see a lot with this type of book. 

Really liked! A read that I would recommend to fantasy lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore, Incest, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Abandonment

There’s also bestiality.