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Rune by Victoria McCombs
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book blew me away & 1/3 of the way through I had to get out my journal & sit with Holy Spirit.
It’s a story about a girl that is taken to Asgard & told she’s a goddess. I saw us in the story. You, me all of us. When Moses told the people that God wanted them to go up the mountain, they were too afraid & told him to go alone. There is a part of that in each of us, even if only on a subconscious level. I saw in Rune that part of us that is afraid of God & wants to run. The doubts. Am I good enough? He’s a God & I’m not. Of course, in the book it’s ’they are gods & I am not.’ I don’t just see the question of if God is safe, in this, but also the question of if I’m worthy to be set apart.
This isn’t a story about the one true God, I have no idea if the writer intended for me to think all these things. So, don’t read this expecting Odin to be like God. This book is about the Norse gods that we know of as lore with limited powers & limited life spans. In this book, they’re kind of a bunch of jerks as they think it’s an honor to have people fight to the death for their own entertainment, so please don’t get God confused with gods.
You definitely want to root for the girl, & it’s a good ending. There are some fantastic characters in the story.
The writer does include fights to the death that are detailed, but not the death or the final blow. It is done tastefully, I didn’t find it to be gory. I don’t do gore or horrors or anything like that & still this book did not offend me.
This is my first book by this author and I received a free copy for an honest review.
It’s a story about a girl that is taken to Asgard & told she’s a goddess. I saw us in the story. You, me all of us. When Moses told the people that God wanted them to go up the mountain, they were too afraid & told him to go alone. There is a part of that in each of us, even if only on a subconscious level. I saw in Rune that part of us that is afraid of God & wants to run. The doubts. Am I good enough? He’s a God & I’m not. Of course, in the book it’s ’they are gods & I am not.’ I don’t just see the question of if God is safe, in this, but also the question of if I’m worthy to be set apart.
This isn’t a story about the one true God, I have no idea if the writer intended for me to think all these things. So, don’t read this expecting Odin to be like God. This book is about the Norse gods that we know of as lore with limited powers & limited life spans. In this book, they’re kind of a bunch of jerks as they think it’s an honor to have people fight to the death for their own entertainment, so please don’t get God confused with gods.
You definitely want to root for the girl, & it’s a good ending. There are some fantastic characters in the story.
The writer does include fights to the death that are detailed, but not the death or the final blow. It is done tastefully, I didn’t find it to be gory. I don’t do gore or horrors or anything like that & still this book did not offend me.
This is my first book by this author and I received a free copy for an honest review.