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Notes:
(1) Another holiday read for me. Not that this book's holiday-specific, but it sufficiently evokes the season, being all snowy and Nordic.
(2) I'd said previously that "Fortunately, the Milk" suffered as an audiobook because that story kind of needed illustrations. I don't see that problem here.
- You don't need to stretch your imagination too much to visualize this.
— Dec 15, 2023 07:10AM
Notes:
(1) Another holiday read for me. Not that this book's holiday-specific, but it sufficiently evokes the season, being all snowy and Nordic.
(2) I'd said previously that "Fortunately, the Milk" suffered as an audiobook because that story kind of needed illustrations. I don't see that problem here.
- You don't need to stretch your imagination too much to visualize this.
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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) This felt oddly restrained, considering the author's other work, but that may be by design.
- If you told me this was an actual Norse myth, I'd believe you. It fits the milieu, where characters win by cunning and trickery.
- At the same time, it's not as grisly and strange as ancient myths tend to seem through modern eyes.
(2) Couples here don't fare well at all!
— Dec 15, 2023 07:30PM
Notes:
(1) This felt oddly restrained, considering the author's other work, but that may be by design.
- If you told me this was an actual Norse myth, I'd believe you. It fits the milieu, where characters win by cunning and trickery.
- At the same time, it's not as grisly and strange as ancient myths tend to seem through modern eyes.
(2) Couples here don't fare well at all!
Jayson
is 48% done
Notes:
(1) "Sea raiding was something the men did for fun or to get things they couldn’t find in their village. They even got their wives that way."
- It's interesting how kidnapping women on Viking raids is portrayed here as akin to going to the mall.
- I'm no expert, but I doubt women would wait by the shore, hoping to be carried off into the cold by gangs of foreign men.
— Dec 15, 2023 11:45AM
Notes:
(1) "Sea raiding was something the men did for fun or to get things they couldn’t find in their village. They even got their wives that way."
- It's interesting how kidnapping women on Viking raids is portrayed here as akin to going to the mall.
- I'm no expert, but I doubt women would wait by the shore, hoping to be carried off into the cold by gangs of foreign men.
