Loki: WICKED, VISCERAL, TRANSGRESSIVE: Norse gods as you've never seen them before

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I was extremely interested in the premise of this book but unfortunately was just not a fan of the execution. In his other books, such as Bloodtide and The Ghost Behind the Wall, Burgess has dealt with less realist and sometimes fantastic themes. The setup here is that we - as modern humans - are being told this story by Loki from his deep prison. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this…) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder – Thor.

Villains are SO much more interesting than heroes, and Loki is a fascinating example, who's been under close scrutiny of late. About the Book: Loki tells us the tale of how the gods, and their world, their realms, were all created, what part he had in it, and how we entered the picture too. The narrative is more episodic than an overall story, and I found my interest waning at certain parts, particularly in the middle. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor.

There were some tales I wasn’t familiar with so I really liked seeing how Loki was going to get himself out of those sticky situations.a mischievous, unpredictable and clever book that breathes new life into an already fascinating character and godly race. The opening works particularly well, though I did find at times after this Loki's voice started to grate, which to be honest is probably a good depiction of Loki. Loki’ is Burgess’ first novel for adult readers having previously written for children and young adults.

This really lessened my enjoyment and meant the story didn’t captivate me as much as I was expecting it to. Alongside the politics of Asgard, it charts the course of Loki’s many loves and families, from his mothering of Odin’s famous horse to his intense, turbulent, and, eventually, fatal relationship with Baldr the Beautiful – a tender and moving story of love that goes wrong, jealousy and a transitioning that is forbidden by society. similarly an effort was clearly made to denounce misogyny that ultimately failed miserably due to a variety of narrative decisions and jokes made throughout the book. The author has a weird habit of putting unnecessary “shocking” details into the old stories as we know them, and I guess the only reason for it is their shock value.From creation myths and births to death and Ragnarok, the novel follows an episodic structure as Loki recounts through first person narration events and tales, gods' battles and love affairs, without a rosy sheen. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this), Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder—Thor. In a recent interview Burgess spoke of how inspired he has been by the immediacy of recent first person narratives of Greek mythology and applied this style to his favourite, the Norse myths. If you like North mythology or just want to learn about some of the myths surrounding your favourite trickster seen in some Marvel film adaptations then definitely pick up this book. And a great deal of the story is uncomplimentary enough to him that we might accept this, although it's also, perhaps, a story spun and pitched to meet our modern sensibilities, showing Loki as the one who preached love, who always counselled peace, who urged (and performed) diversity and tolerance.