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The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer by

qwerqsar's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

It is the Volsungs. Ragnar and Sigurd included. It is a classic for anyone interested in the Vikings/Germanics. My biggest critique would be it is read very scholarly, which is not surprising, since the translator reads it. The introduction is great and very informative.

cassgordon's review against another edition

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Read for class and didn’t finish lol

henry_michael03's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.75

jordankindig's review against another edition

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adventurous informative fast-paced

3.75

purpleelephant3's review against another edition

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adventurous

4.0

forget_me_knots's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.75

The sagas are great, and well-told. The introduction was kind of dry, but it provided a lot of interesting information about the characters and the history. I enjoyed the stories quite a lot. 

neilstcyr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

4.0

koreydobbert's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

1.0

dreamgalaxies's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm sure I benefitted from Jackson Crawford's translation and adaptation of the text, but his delivery is pretty rough. Flat affect, and he talks too fast--which I admit is an ironic complaint from someone who frequently listens to books at 1.25-1.4 speed, haha. But the sections with the Volsungs were especially difficult to absorb spoken at this rate, because there are so many similar names and I found myself getting confused about which Sigmund/Sigurd was doing what. I preferred the Ragnar section--easier to follow with one protagonist. Otherwise, fascinating glimpse into the brutality and whimsy of early Germanic culture. Hopefully eventually someone learned something about marrying women off to men they didn't want to be married to.

bookmarkhoarder's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad fast-paced

2.0