A review by camilleisreading24
Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt

4.0

Very strange but good book. Read it in about a day. It is a novel in some ways, a myth in others, but with historical realism as well. Framed as stories read by a thin young girl living in WWII England and seeking an escape from the harsh reality of the air raids, Byatt provides a collection of Norse myths. I was familiar with some, others were new to me. I got the feeling that the tale was semi-autobiographical which made it more compelling.