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kukkaruukku's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
ugly_neko's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
tamara_joy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
rui_leite's review against another edition
3.0
I will write a longer opinion later on, but for now let me just say... leave it to Christianity to screw up a perfectly decent Epic Poem... :/
kirstikka's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
i listened to this every night, so a lot of falling asleep was involved in this.
lakserk's review against another edition
5.0
A monumental epic set in an animistic world, a place where everything is steeped in life, agency, and interactivity. As grand in scale as the western mythological epics yet so different in hue - Kalevala is more feral, more fragmentary, more alien to the contemporary mind. The only thing that I found redundant was the last chapter which tries to bring Christianity into this pagan tapestry; it could well be missing.
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
This scandinavian epic story - from prior to christian influence contained folk tales that I have never heard in this version. LIke so many epic and traditional tales from around the world there are many similar elements.
starfallz's review against another edition
4.0
Finally glad to be done with this. Bosley's seems like a good edition of it, but I'll have to try reading another translation some time.