Ragnarok : The End of the Gods

from ImperfectCJ

For the first 58 pages of this book, I had a difficult time staying awake. It was the lists that got me. And the comma splices, which made even independent clauses seem list-y.As other reviewers have mentioned, especially during those "creation-of-the-world" sections early on, the lists could eas...

from janerawoof

Limpid, flowing telling of Norse myths, using as a frame story "the thin child in wartime", who is reading "Asgard and the gods", periodically relating her experiences and thoughts to the book, e.g., the wolves pursuing the chariots of sun and moon suggest to her that her father won't be coming b...

from Meredy

Six-word review: Enhanced retelling of old Norse myths. Extended review: One-eyed Odin and hammer-wielding Thor, regal Frigga and Baldur the Beautiful, marvelous eight-legged Sleipnir, amoral Loki and his monstrous offspring, the last battle and the Twilight of the Gods: here we have their storie...

from lauriebrown54

This small book is a retelling of the Armageddon of the Norse myths, Ragnarok, as framed by the mind of the 'thin child'. This thin child- pretty obviously Byatt herself- has been evacuated with her mother and sister from London to the English countryside. She picks up a book of Norse myth, and f...

from Goldengrove

I originally bought this book to read with my book group - for one reason or another I didn't actually read it at the time, but I'm having a bit of Viking moment so I picked it up again. It is part of the Canongate Myths series, in which well-known writers were invited to reinterpret the great my...