I am soooo pleased to have started the new reading year with a fab book. In Norse Mythology, author Neil Gaiman gives a tour de force rendition of the great tales of the north. He starts with the creation of the nine worlds and ends with the defeat of the gods at Ragnarok, which leads to the rebirth of a new time and new people. In between these two earth shattering events, we have a series of stories that follow the "life and times" of the Norse deities ... Odin, Thor, Loki and an endless array of others. There are giants, dwarves and some trolls thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. Many of the tales feature the cunning Loki who just cannot help but make mischief. He had many, MANY faults, but he is by far the most entertaining character in the book. Thor is on hand with his famous hammer to bash and batter anything and everything that gets in his way, and even things that aren't in his way, because, quite frankly, that seems to be what he takes most pleasure in. Odin may be wise in many ways, but seems particularly dumb when it comes to keeping Loki under control! In fact, for deities, all of them manage to get duped on a regular basis, and are made to look stupid more times than you would think possible. All of this makes for a funny book, although as the deities are a blood thirsty lot, it is also full of brutality. Action-packed and incredibly entertaining, I would have no hesitation to recommend this book to you - particularly the audio edition which is read by the author himself - fabulous!
This was POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Prompt Number 40: Your favourite prompt from the 2015, 2016 or 2017 POPSUGAR Challenge. I chose "A book that's published in 2017".
My STAR rating: FIVE.
Length: 304 print pages.
Price I paid: £0.99 (and what a bargain!)
Formats available: print, unabridged audio download, ebook.
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