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A review by jsmithborne
The Tricking of Freya: A Novel by Christina Sunley
5.0
Really enjoying this so far--love the insights into Icelandic culture and landscape! I think the description is a little misleading--I thought that the obsession with the family secret is what would drive the main character to go to Iceland and make things happen, but it's more like the obsession is causing her to remember the stuff that happened when she was a kid. So far the adult version of Freya hasn't done anything except write letters, but the kid version has had an AMAZING and scary life. Maybe the adult version will take some action by the end--I've got about 1/3rd of the book to go....
ETA: The adult Freya did have major adventures. I take back what I said about the description--it's correct, but the stuff it describes doesn't happen until a LONG way into the book. So happy that I totally knew all the stories from the saga, and have even read most of them--[b:The Prose Edda|24658|The Prose Edda|Snorri Sturluson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311645358s/24658.jpg|1198450], check; [b:The Poetic Edda|381112|The Poetic Edda|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501s/381112.jpg|370900], check; [b:Laxdæla Saga|287064|Laxdæla Saga|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266515450s/287064.jpg|1328955], check; [b:Egil's Saga|331089|Egil's Saga|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311645407s/331089.jpg|1753073], check!
ETA: The adult Freya did have major adventures. I take back what I said about the description--it's correct, but the stuff it describes doesn't happen until a LONG way into the book. So happy that I totally knew all the stories from the saga, and have even read most of them--[b:The Prose Edda|24658|The Prose Edda|Snorri Sturluson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311645358s/24658.jpg|1198450], check; [b:The Poetic Edda|381112|The Poetic Edda|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501s/381112.jpg|370900], check; [b:Laxdæla Saga|287064|Laxdæla Saga|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266515450s/287064.jpg|1328955], check; [b:Egil's Saga|331089|Egil's Saga|Anonymous|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311645407s/331089.jpg|1753073], check!