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A review by inuyasha
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
2.0
the thing that gets me most about this book is i don't... understand why it was written? it wasn't original or adaptive enough to count as fiction, but it wasn't as informative as it needs to be to be considered a resource on norse myths. considering that gaiman hasn't actively written in years, it's hard not to view this as a quick, cheap novel to pass off to a) keep his name in the literary world and b) get some royalty checks but tbh that might just be a bit mean-spirited because for as much as i love adaptions of his work, i've never loved gaiman's writing myself - and i don't know why i keep trying to force it.
i think this is an okay book if you don't know a lot of about norse mythology, specifically the gods, and just want a stepping stone into it - but i think there are better fictional versions out there and better informative titles out there as well. i'm also disappointed because i had at least hoped for more of a viewscope outside of the main gods. the one thing i will credit this to is being written as totally sympathetic to loki and sigyn and their family - the story of her with the bowl and the snake venom always sits with me for a while after i read about it.
i think this is an okay book if you don't know a lot of about norse mythology, specifically the gods, and just want a stepping stone into it - but i think there are better fictional versions out there and better informative titles out there as well. i'm also disappointed because i had at least hoped for more of a viewscope outside of the main gods. the one thing i will credit this to is being written as totally sympathetic to loki and sigyn and their family - the story of her with the bowl and the snake venom always sits with me for a while after i read about it.