baby_loona's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
5.0
holdenn93's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty fascinating legend with mysterious roots, brimming with all the violence and family drama and dragon slaying you can want. It's pretty wild.
hstapp's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting tale. The introduction is a boring, but the tale itself is good. The story is written in such a way as to be slightly humorous. It proclaims itself to be a saga in several places, and occasionally will throw in a weird short sentence at the end of other sections. Honestly these little sections, are why I like the book. The content of the saga is pretty standard, only with more offhand killing.
stateofiction's review against another edition
4.0
I mean if you gave this some more development, this would be a baller adaptation
clockworkp's review against another edition
3.0
Está bien y es corto y entretenido, pero se nota lo diferente de la cultura antigüa y lo diferente que era la forma de narrar. Se siente lo anecdótico y fragmentado de toda la saga. Me resultó muy difícil entender las motivaciones de los personajes y por que tomaban las decisiones que tomaban incluso sabiendo lo que les pasaría con tanta profecía spoileadora.
Me quedo con las ganas de leer la saga de Ragnar y me interesaría leer más sobre estas leyendas en un formato más cohesivo que los textos antigüos.
Me quedo con las ganas de leer la saga de Ragnar y me interesaría leer más sobre estas leyendas en un formato más cohesivo que los textos antigüos.
gaggle_of_npcs's review against another edition
5.0
This is the best epic I have ever read. It kept my interest, has good characters and scenes, and is overall entertaining. I was skeptical at first because I'm not a big fan of Norse myth, but it was well worth it and better, in my opinion, than many Greek epics.
team_centerfold's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoy this Saga and I really enjoyed this translation.
pagesofpins's review against another edition
4.0
These people were the original Game of Thrones. Fast-paced and very readable for an ancient epic, we follow the saga of the family line of a son of Odin, complete with incest, child murder, drinking the blood of ones' enemies, pillaging, dragon slaying, sorcery and magic wolf skins. Daaaaaaamn.
Unexpected humor is present in these tales, not to mention some great insults and serious braggery. Meant to be told over a swing or two of mead, to be sure.
Interesting treatment of lady vikings here. They're pretty much all vengeful evil badasses that will cut you (not surprising for this time period), but also simultaneously objects of desire and people you shouldn't force into marriage unless you want a world of hurt. Not a lot of effort is spent here to keep the listening women of this epic in their place. Sure, you have to be evil and maybe get it on with some nasty dude, but hey, get pissed. Burn the castle down.
Unexpected humor is present in these tales, not to mention some great insults and serious braggery. Meant to be told over a swing or two of mead, to be sure.
Interesting treatment of lady vikings here. They're pretty much all vengeful evil badasses that will cut you (not surprising for this time period), but also simultaneously objects of desire and people you shouldn't force into marriage unless you want a world of hurt. Not a lot of effort is spent here to keep the listening women of this epic in their place. Sure, you have to be evil and maybe get it on with some nasty dude, but hey, get pissed. Burn the castle down.