revellee 's review for:

The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris

3.0

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2.5 stars. Nothing about the characters, story, or dialogue was particularly great for me. Overall a "meh." The writing wasn't terrible but it wasn't interesting either. I didn't like the anachronistic language. I understand that it was intentional, but it didn't add anything and it wasn't as cute as the author seemed to think it was, if you ask Yours Truly. I thought I would have a bias toward loving this book regardless of story and writing since I am in love with Loki in Tom Hiddleston form, but there isn't anything to love or really even like about Loki or anyone else in this story either. Every character is so one-dimensional. Each little story within the story seemed very disjointed in the overall arc of Loki's story and none the stories really seemed to matter to anyone.
If you are looking for a good gods-myth retelling, Circe is a much better book. I'm sure there are books out there about Norse gods that are good as well, I just recently read Circe and it's still on my mind.