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claire_loves_books 's review for:
The Gospel of Loki
by Joanne M. Harris
This is such a joyless novel. All the characters are horrible to Loki and Loki is throughly selfish, he screws others over without a thought for how it will impact them, at no point in the novel does he act outside he own best interests, he doesn't do one thing for one person unless it will directly benefit him/his plans.
Its narrated in first person but it feels detached and unconnected. It's repetitive, Loki does something to screw up then fixes it by screwing someone else over then is surprised when it all goes bad. I didn't find it funny, all the jokes are really predictable and without humour there was nothing to soften how horrible everything and everybody is.
I also hated the way Sigyn was treated throughout and the slut shaming of Freya was unpleasant.
It is intricate, the concept and world was intriguing but it just wasn't fun.
Its narrated in first person but it feels detached and unconnected. It's repetitive, Loki does something to screw up then fixes it by screwing someone else over then is surprised when it all goes bad. I didn't find it funny, all the jokes are really predictable and without humour there was nothing to soften how horrible everything and everybody is.
I also hated the way Sigyn was treated throughout and the slut shaming of Freya was unpleasant.
It is intricate, the concept and world was intriguing but it just wasn't fun.