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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

59 reviews

faithtrustpixiedust's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

redhothabanero's review

adventurous funny informative fast-paced

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

4.5

I listened to the audiobook and I can't recommend that enough. Narration was great and the stories were very engaging and funny at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Excrement

halaagmod's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I haven’t read the book so can’t say how accurate the radio show is as an adaptation, but it is really well produced. I didn’t know much about Norse mythology before and this gave a great overview. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

saskia_ej's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

2shadowsdeep's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

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

3.0

This was great to listen to because I love Neil Gaiman's writing and voice. The audiobook was narrated by him. I do not know much about norse mythology other than what I have seen in the Thor movies, but I think I liked this book more. It shows how Thor also kind of sucks as a major character in the myths, and it also explains how the gods came to be from Odin. The stories were many that I have not heard before, and are all somewhat cohesive in that they each provide context that helps with the last story of Ragnarok. This was cool to listen to, and I think more captivating to listen to rather than read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

nicholasbobbitt1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic rendering of the Norse myths. Eminently readable, broke me out of a months-long reading slump. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement