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Goodreads: Norse Mythology
Aug. 27th, 2020 11:29 pmNorse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
This was not what I was expecting.
I'm doing some research for a story about dead gods walking the dirty streets of LA, and this book was my first thought--Neil Gaiman taking on the meaty and textured eddas and relating them in his own voice. Which this was, if his voice was your grandfather's telling you stories by the fireplace. The language is casual and updated, the stories short and punchy, and I got a lot of ideas*, which is why I gave it three stars, but I'm going to need something more substantial before I call myself done.
*Did you know there are more than three Norn? Apparently there are Norn for the elves, for the Svartelves, Gods, Humans... Probably Norn of rats too.
This was not what I was expecting.
I'm doing some research for a story about dead gods walking the dirty streets of LA, and this book was my first thought--Neil Gaiman taking on the meaty and textured eddas and relating them in his own voice. Which this was, if his voice was your grandfather's telling you stories by the fireplace. The language is casual and updated, the stories short and punchy, and I got a lot of ideas*, which is why I gave it three stars, but I'm going to need something more substantial before I call myself done.
*Did you know there are more than three Norn? Apparently there are Norn for the elves, for the Svartelves, Gods, Humans... Probably Norn of rats too.