sweetsunshine83sc 's review for:

The Vikings: A New History by Neil Oliver

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

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It was just awful. Anecdotes that have nothing to do with what the book is supposedly about. Shoddy writing that seems all over the place. And 'historical facts' that are less 'facts' and more information twisted around to line up with his specific ideas of history and, in some cases, straight up opinions with no historical basis. I made it almost 50 pages in, which is a miracle, but I just couldn't put myself through the full 200+ pages of this book. This book is only the second book in my life that I have abandoned to a DNF.