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The Gospel of Loki
by Joanne M. Harris
This book was so amazingly told! The story, the Narrator, the whole plot! I didn't know much of the Norse myths but this made me want to know more, so much more, especially from Loki's perspective!
Loki is not a good person/god, but despite knowing it I couldn't help but be on his side. Everyone in the story, except perhaps Idun, is a villain. They are all bad to Your Humble Narrator. Every one blames him, every one deceives him, every one cheats on him.
Loki is definitely a bad person/god but the way this tale is spun you don't really see that. Yes, he does a lot of mischief, but not without reason. When you are the escape goat of everyone even after helping them so much, it is only natural that you want their downfall. I know I did. Marvel made me love Thor and Loki; this book made me hate Thor (and Odin too) to such an extent that I would fantasise about his death in my reading pauses. That's what Loki does, he makes feel very strongly.
The whole plot of this book was enticing and beautiful and wraps the reader mind, body and what passes for a soul (maybe even their hearts, if they have them) and doesn't let go, he takes us along for the ride and it gloriously disastrous.
I loved it. Definitely one of my all time favorites, one that I will never get tired of and will always come back to.
Loki is not a good person/god, but despite knowing it I couldn't help but be on his side. Everyone in the story, except perhaps Idun, is a villain. They are all bad to Your Humble Narrator. Every one blames him, every one deceives him, every one cheats on him.
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Even his so called loving wife is a menace, not helping him when he most needed her.Loki is definitely a bad person/god but the way this tale is spun you don't really see that. Yes, he does a lot of mischief, but not without reason. When you are the escape goat of everyone even after helping them so much, it is only natural that you want their downfall. I know I did. Marvel made me love Thor and Loki; this book made me hate Thor (and Odin too) to such an extent that I would fantasise about his death in my reading pauses. That's what Loki does, he makes feel very strongly.
The whole plot of this book was enticing and beautiful and wraps the reader mind, body and what passes for a soul (maybe even their hearts, if they have them) and doesn't let go, he takes us along for the ride and it gloriously disastrous.
I loved it. Definitely one of my all time favorites, one that I will never get tired of and will always come back to.