A review by planetshannon
Poems of the Elder Edda by

4.0

This is a re-read for me, I listened to it on audio last year, and I am surprized to say that I understood the stories/poems much more when listened to them via audio. I really thought re-reading via text would make the stories stick a lot more, but often I was was struggling to follow the threads of what was going on (and who was who*). I guess I am not a very skilled poetry reader! Sometimes I imagined narrated voices in my head (Werner Herzog was a good pick), and that helped.

I did still enjoy the stories that did stick, and the notes at the end of each poem are invaluable! They give context and explain things that could be missing, or different interpretations, or where there is more of this story elsewhere.

* I might have to invest in a physical copy of this one because I really would re-read it again. There is so much here, and trying to get it all done in one month was too hard (it took me 6 weeks of intentional/active reading). I also think if I read this in physical format it would have been easier to keep track of the characters because there is an index at the back. Or I could have written it out. I'll know for next time!

Read for the Booktube Re-Readathon's January prompt of reading a Translated Work.