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A review by chavag
Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
3.0
My first exposure to Nordic mythology.
This isn't a thriller although the plot lines do offer the occasional intrigue. It needs to be read with the expectation of reading it piecemeal; that it is more prose than story.
The descriptive language, of fields and sea and Ash Tree and forest, are remarkable. I've never read a description of nature that was so active.
I'm undecided though if the onslaught of description is an effective literary tool, or something that could have been drastically reduced.
This isn't a thriller although the plot lines do offer the occasional intrigue. It needs to be read with the expectation of reading it piecemeal; that it is more prose than story.
The descriptive language, of fields and sea and Ash Tree and forest, are remarkable. I've never read a description of nature that was so active.
I'm undecided though if the onslaught of description is an effective literary tool, or something that could have been drastically reduced.