Reviews

Gunnlaugr Käärmeenkielen saaga ja muita lyhytsaagoja by Unknown, Antti Tuuri

the_silliest_goose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

andotherworlds's review against another edition

4.0

4 // so fun, so fresh, helga would have loved and defended helen

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This is part of my challenge of reading all 80 penguin little black books. This was book 1/80.

1. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio
2. As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins
3. The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue by Unknown, Katrina C. Attwood (Translator)

cranberry__sauce's review against another edition

3.0

once you get past the one million names this is actually a pretty good read

shireadsalot's review against another edition

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

1.5

cynt_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

a_lex_reads's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed this book, and found it to be charming and amusing. It's a bite-sized offering into a Viking-age tale, offering adventure, beautiful prose and humour. The names were a little hard to wrap my head around initially but as you read the book you get more and more used to it. The characters while two dimensional propel the story along nicely, and I feel when not taken too seriously this book is a breeze. I agree with what others have stated that it is essentially a rap battle, and a macho-man contest in the end. Nonetheless enjoyable

mrwcc's review against another edition

3.0

3/5 as it was oddly comical, but ultimately a poor story.

sssummer's review against another edition

2.0

2 stars because that's the Goodreads rating for "okay". This is very reminiscent of when my mom tries to tell me a story from work: a lot of tangents and a lot of names and backstory to keep track of for very little actual story (sorry mom).

Also I never for a second was able to suspend my belief enough to believe that people ever regarded poetry & poets that highly lmao. (and I say that as someone who does like poetry)

It's cool how authentically Icelandic this is though, a fun little folk tale for sure.

bookiepanda's review against another edition

2.0

For the most part, it was interesting and that's why I gave it two stars. But the writing style is not really my thing. And my biggest issue was with the too much characters with too hard names and my pigeon brain got confused. 

ashleybecomesthatgirl's review against another edition

challenging slow-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? No

3.0