A review by dreamgalaxies
The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok by Unknown, Jackson Crawford

3.0

I'm sure I benefitted from Jackson Crawford's translation and adaptation of the text, but his delivery is pretty rough. Flat affect, and he talks too fast--which I admit is an ironic complaint from someone who frequently listens to books at 1.25-1.4 speed, haha. But the sections with the Volsungs were especially difficult to absorb spoken at this rate, because there are so many similar names and I found myself getting confused about which Sigmund/Sigurd was doing what. I preferred the Ragnar section--easier to follow with one protagonist. Otherwise, fascinating glimpse into the brutality and whimsy of early Germanic culture. Hopefully eventually someone learned something about marrying women off to men they didn't want to be married to.