Before the beginning there was
nothing-no earth, no heavens,
no stars, no sky: Only the
mist world, fromless and shapeless,
and the fire world, always burning.
I do love the lord of the rings movies and other fantasy movies, but when it comes to reading them i get rather tired fast. Even though i have a nice collection of fantasy books, i have prioritised other subjects first
I went to a book store hoping to find maybie a fine poetry or fact book about medicine or animals, maybie a crime book aswell.
But i couldn't find anything that would bring my interest to light.
I came upon this book and i thought: hmm a fact book about norse myth, why not go back to the vikings and read about their time, but still i wasent sure.
Then i read that the authors insperation was Tolkien and the world of comics and super heroes. So i thought why not then.
Im werry pleased that i bought it but it wasent really what i expected wich isn't really a bad thing here.
The book is about the myth gods like Odin the all father, thor, lokie, freya, balder and ymir and much, much more.
The chapters contains a storie about each god, also how everthing came to be and ended. even how poetry came to be.The chapters explains the gods abillities and how even their wepons came to be and the crazy journeys they been trough. I wouldn't see this like the typical fact book at al, wich maybie isn't the point.
Me personaly, i see this book as a cozy fantasy, story book.
The book is werry exiting and really funny sometimes, it was extremely hard to putt down the book sometimes because of the excitment, and im really sad that the story is over.
The book does go to the point fast in every chapter, and in every chapter is a new story. But you do picture a world in your head because he explains it well.
After the introduction you get to read about Odin thor and loki, because most of the stories you will read in this book concerns them most.
And then you will get in to a chapter " before the beginning and after" how the world looked before life was born and how it was born.
I love the fantasy in this book i really enjoyed every second spent on reading it.
What made me enjoy it more (because i am a gamer) is the fact that i play smite and al the myth gods are in there whit al other myth gods an creatures, and i dident know so much about them, and now i do!
Ill recomend this book to any fantasy loving persone or anyone who just wants good and exiting story telling about the myth we al heard of. It is a easy book to read thank god. small text makes me dizzy...
And if you wonder if th book is like lords of the rings in some ways , then ill have to say yes and no.
the fantasy and the world tolkien brings, norse myth reminds you of it a bit.
But when it comes to details then lords of the rings stories ar way abowe.
BUY THE BOOK! you have to have this one in your fantasy collection! Thanks to this book i will be readyn my other fantasy books!
