Norse Mythology
1996 • 301 pages

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February 2, 2017

Clever, fairly entertaining. My favorite story was “Freya's Unusual Wedding,” in which Loki gets to repeatedly say, “Shut up, Thor.” For the “book of mythology or folklore” category.

December 6, 2019
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It was interesting. My first foray into Norse Mythology and the stories were quite good. The audio narration (by the author) was great and I wouldn't have known how to pronounce half the characters/places/things and would've stumbled too much.

June 12, 2018

This book was amazing. Neil Gaiman is perfectly suited to the retelling of the old myths. So many gems to be found here. Each story is quirky, strange, unbelievable, and absurd, just the way a book of tales should be. The Wedding of Freya is my favorite! I guarantee fits of laughter with that one.

August 5, 2017

Good book. The audiobook was amazing and I loved that it was read by the author

August 14, 2019

a nice collection of short stories. it does have a flow from beginning to end so it doesn't feel too disjointed.
i enjoyed it, i liked Gaiman's style (as usual) and characters but i just think this short-story style of book isn't my favourite. a solid book if that's what you're into.

July 22, 2020
March 3, 2017

This was a fun string of tales from Norse Mythology that are well told, but there weren't really any unique perspectives or stylistic flourishes.

October 14, 2018

Loved this, was a little short but sometimes thats not a bad thing! The format of how the story was told was very entertaining.

May 1, 2023

This was so cool and fun! Recommend it a lot!

May 10, 2022
August 1, 2018

A best way to be introduced to the Norse mythology.

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June 12, 2017

More straightforward than I was expecting, but will be a good intro to Norse mythology for the kids some day

July 18, 2021
February 16, 2017

Kinda dry but interesting

April 22, 2017
mercenator
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Gaiman does a great job putting his own spin on classic myths. Norse mythology is one of the ones I am least familiar with, so I appreciated his glossary and inclusions of stories from beginning to end.

May 6, 2017

An entertaining retelling of the stories I already loved from numerous other times I've heard and read them. Also they are a lot easier to read in modern English

March 5, 2017

Liked it. Didn't love it. Expected it to be more of a ‘one story' book but it were multiple stories. Not a fan of that. Still enjoyable

August 19, 2018

I read this book in an hour and a half whilst travelling home from Amsterdam. Because of the shorter chapters I flew through the book, I mean, most of these chapters/stories had around 15 pages.
The writing style was great, the stories were great. Overall, a great read :)

March 4, 2022
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June 10, 2017

3 or 4 stars depending on how interested you are in norse mythology.

March 8, 2021