katielinnae 's review for:

When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

3.0

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Apparently I didn't bother to read a summary of this book before I added it to my library queue because when I started reading it was nothing like I'd expected, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing :) Zelda is a just-turned-21-year-old woman living with her older brother. She is also on the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum and while, physically, she doesn't appear to be different, she does have challenges which she faces by viewing herself as a viking warrior and her close friends and family as her tribe. Zelda's quest is thoroughly modern but her "viking filter" for life is wonderfully executed throughout the story as she determines who the legends and villains are around her. Almost four stars, but there is a ton of cursing and a few scenes of sex and violence that would definitely be rated R if this was a movie (yes, it is all fitting for the story, but still turned me off).