Author: Neil Gaiman
Publication Date: March 6th 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury India
Part of a Series?: No, A Standalone
I Got A Copy Through: Bloomsbury India (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her.
From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman.
There are some books that just take you by surprise, and for me, Neil Gaiman’s
Norse Mythology was one of them!
I’ve always been interested in the different kinds of
mythology, especially Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Norse. My interest and love
for Norse grew with the Thor movies (which I now know aren’t fully accurate?) and after watching Thor: Ragnarok (three times in theatres)
it’s become something of a new obsession.
Still, I don’t read much of either non-fiction or short
story collections, but it was Neil Gaiman
AND Norse Mythology and so, when
Bloomsbury India offered me the chance to read their newly published (gorgeous
and shiny) paperback edition, I jumped.
MY THOUGHTS:
1.
If there
was one thing I didn’t expect this book to be, it was funny. There was so much humour involved in the retellings of
these myths and it really made me fall in love!
“There were things Thor did when something was wrong. The first thing he did was ask himself if what happened was Loki’s fault.”
~
“Your head,” said Brokk. “If we win this contest, we get your head, Loki. There’s a lot of things going on in that head of yours, and I have no doubt that Eitri could make a wonderful device out of it. A thinking machine, perhaps”
2. The
book was enlightening. I LOVED learning more about Thor, Loki,
Odin, Ragnarok, how the world came to be, their children, their cunning and
bloodlust and EVERYTHING else. It was an in-depth collection of some of the
most fascinating tales in Norse Mythology that Neil Gaiman brought to life.
3.
There were SO MANY interesting tales in the
books, and facts I didn’t learn in the movies including:
-
Where Thor got Mjollnir from, Fenris (the huge
wolf we see in Thor: Ragnarok) and
where he came from, Loki’s shapeshifting, the real foretold Ragnarok, how the Nine Realms came to be and I LOVED
IT SO MUCH.
4. There was also a short story where Thor
had to dress up as a bride and IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING I’VE EVER READ. It
totally made my day.
5.
Let me just end by saying that (because who
doesn’t judge books by their covers. Or endpapers, if you’re hardcore) this new
paperback edition is STUNNING. I love the shine, the art AND the endpapers and
I can’t wait for more from Neil Gaiman.
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandmanand novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
Are you a fan or Norse Mythology, or any kind of Mythology?
Do you have any books/ TV Shows/ Movies you'd recommend to a Mythology Junkie like me?
Are you a fan of the Thor series by Marvel? Which oart was your favourite?
I look forward to hearing from you!
Do you have any books/ TV Shows/ Movies you'd recommend to a Mythology Junkie like me?
Are you a fan of the Thor series by Marvel? Which oart was your favourite?
I look forward to hearing from you!
