I was stuck with a lot of changes
recently which doesn't mean less time for reading but less intent of reading.
On top it I picked up one which is utter rubbish. I'm still reading it and when
I'm finished will post it here.
Meanwhile I picked up another
one in parallel and this being rather thinner got completed sooner. I've read a
few of them on Norse mythology and I do look forward to read some more on the
same topic.
Even with less interest in
knowing how it all ends, I did pick this up (yes, I can pick the real ones
again). This is about Ragnarok but this comes with a thin little girl who is
speaking about Norse gods and Ragnarok in a personal narrative. There were some
passages where it sounds more of an autobiography or coming of age but it is
less of that.
Raganarok is technically known
as an end of Norse gods but if there was an end than they were not god. This is
a catch phrase but a closer look does reveal the point that they never claimed
to be gods. Maybe with some superpowers but never an inhuman existence. Or you
can differ on this point as well.
Coming back to this one, it
tries to bring all the stories together and ends on Ragnarok. There are not
much details of everything here but that was not the target in the first place.
Actually, I'm still struggling with the whole idea behind this book but one
thing which I felt was that this is not a book about mythology but a scrutiny
of author's own thoughts while growing up with the Norse mythologies. It tries
to draw some parallels in the stories and the real life but that doesn't mix
well.
Nevertheless, if you're looking
for a retelling with more human commentary than this is a real good one.
Love!
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