A review by svjak
Semley's Necklace: A Story by Ursula K. Le Guin

emotional reflective tense

3.0

Semley's Necklace is a retelling of Húsdrápa, a Norse myth from The Prose Edda about Loki stealing Freyja's necklace Brísingamen. In Le Guin's short story, we follow a woman named Semley who is from a planet that scientists call Formalhaut II. Semley, like Freyja, has had a beautiful gold necklace, a valuable family heirloom, stolen from her great-grandmother. This retelling follows Semley on her quest to recover the necklace and explores themes of sacrifice and cost.

This was a tragic story that's really stuck with me these past few weeks.