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Northern Wrath by Thilde Kold Holdt
3.0
I was really intrigued by the premise of this book as I'd never read a Norse-centred fantasy. I was glad I'd read Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman in preparation as I think I got a lot more out of those references for having that prior context. However, apart from the god related things in this book it didn't fully work for me
I never felt connected to the characters, nor did I particularly care what happened to them. I'm also not a fan of battle scenes and there were quite a few of them in here, which almost always just bore me
My favourite parts were the chapters set in the Darkness which were like little snippets or vignettes between the action. I liked seeing the gods at play in these sections, especially with the knowledge of my prior reading, and found their actions much more interesting than those playing out in Midgard
I also really liked Hilda as a protagonist. It was cool following a female warrior who was trying to prove herself and save her people. It also helped that she had a snow fox companion, known as a fylgja
I read this 600 page book pretty quickly and I think that was due to the writing. For an epic fantasy the writing is super simple and easy to breeze through. I never felt like I was slogging through dense, complex prose...just a slightly repetitive, predictable story
*An arc of this book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
I never felt connected to the characters, nor did I particularly care what happened to them. I'm also not a fan of battle scenes and there were quite a few of them in here, which almost always just bore me
My favourite parts were the chapters set in the Darkness which were like little snippets or vignettes between the action. I liked seeing the gods at play in these sections, especially with the knowledge of my prior reading, and found their actions much more interesting than those playing out in Midgard
I also really liked Hilda as a protagonist. It was cool following a female warrior who was trying to prove herself and save her people. It also helped that she had a snow fox companion, known as a fylgja
I read this 600 page book pretty quickly and I think that was due to the writing. For an epic fantasy the writing is super simple and easy to breeze through. I never felt like I was slogging through dense, complex prose...just a slightly repetitive, predictable story
*An arc of this book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*