“Of course it was Loki. It’s always Loki.”



If you ask me this quote is a sufficient summary of the entirety of Norse mythology. *lol* But no one asked me so I’m going to continue to write down a few of my other thoughts. ;-P



- I wish I could have read this before I read Uncle Rick’s “Magnus Chase series” because there were all the details I wanted to know while I read those first two books. XD Also it’s kinda funny that Uncle Rick managed to write some of those stories into the plot of his books.

“Of course it was Loki. It’s always Loki.”



If you ask me this quote is a sufficient summary of the entirety of Norse mythology. *lol* But no one asked me so I’m going to continue to write down a few of my other thoughts. ;-P



- I wish I could have read this before I read Uncle Rick’s “Magnus Chase series” because there were all the details I wanted to know while I read those first two books. XD Also it’s kinda funny that Uncle Rick managed to write some of those stories into the plot of his books. ;-)



- Thor is definitely not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. *lol*



- What’s with all those giants and other gods that want to marry Freya?! O_o I mean what is she? A honeypot for bears?! XD They all want to buy a pig in a poke and don’t even know about her fierce temper. Haha! Poor Freya always reduced to her good looks. Guess this game is as old as time. *shakes head*



- Why are all the giants ugly except of some of the women?! *lol* I mean there were gods (Loki, Frey) who had a relationship with or married a giantess and they obviously were beautiful, so I don’t really get why the rest of them (even their parents) look the way they do. The ugliness skipped a generation? *lol*



- Why didn’t Balder and Freya start dating? They would have made the perfect children. ;-P



”Loki was handsome, and he knew it. People wanted to like him, they wanted to believe him, but he was undependable and self-centred at best, mischievous or evil at worst.”



- It was nice to hear more about Loki’s family even though I feel sorry for Sigyn. I mean he obviously cheated on her or his three kids with the giantess wouldn’t have even existed, yet she’s still faithful and stands next to him trying to safe him from the poison of the snake. Sigyn deserves everything and the world for this! <3



- I mean I get it, Loki caused Balder’s death and he did a lot of mischief over the centuries, did his deeds really qualify to punish him in that cruel manner though? Sigyn and his sons Narfi and Vali had nothing to do with his plotting yet they were the ones that got hurt the most. Couldn’t they just have locked Loki in an underground cell and let it be? To watch your children kill each other and to be bound with the intestines of one of them + the snake was a little bit over the top, wasn’t it? Just saying. No wonder he wants revenge in the form of Ragnarok.



- Also if Odin is the All-father and sees and knows everything how could he have missed so much? *lol* If Loki actually managed to do mischief whenever the almighty Odin was on the privy he’s even more talented than I thought. ;-P



- Last but not least I’ll go and check my family tree now. There’s a slight chance I could be one of Loki’s descendants. (All the mischief, plotting, scheming, being sassy, a self-confidence you’d have to slay extra one day … sounds damn familiar. Pity I didn’t inherit his good looks. *lol* ;-P)



This said: Happy Reading! XD



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I love Norse mythology so I was kind of bound to read this book sooner or later and I’m really curious how Neil Gaiman wrote this.



The opinions of my friends seem to be rather mixed on this one and their reviews vary from 5 stars to only 2 or 3. Plus I read some disturbing updates. *lol* (Do I really want to read this?! XD)



Well, I guess I’ll have to find out if Gaiman’s book works for me or not.

Hopefully it does! Wish me luck! *crosses fingers*



P.S.: If it turns out to be bad it's at least not all too long. *lol*