Probably 3.5 stars? I found it hard to rate. It’s pretty epic and I liked the direct links to Norse mythology. It was really tropey but written in the 50s so it’s another case of just reading it after I’ve read a lot of stuff somewhat like it and diverges from the tropes. Though I did like that Freda was more badass than you’d assume from her intro and like every other woman falling into a standard trope. I don’t know why “evil” back then always leads to like somehow incest or weird sex things but that felt like a constant contrivance that pulled me out of the story. It’s at its best when they’re just doing epic things because pretty much all of the characters are difficult to relate to (as opposed to say, LotR).