The story itself was kind of interesting, but it was also dense and skipped around a lot. Sometimes I couldn’t tell right away if it was in the present, the past, or someone telling a tale.

The worst part of this was undoubtedly Beowulf himself. He was so cocky and annoying — I know boasting was normal in that time period, but honestly I’m not sure if he ever said anything that wasn’t about himself or God. Beowulf isn’t a demigod or anything, just a mortal man, but he can apparently stay underwater for hours and lift a sword that no other man ever could. Blah, blah, blah. I’ll pass, thanks.

I’m not sure what was going on with this timeline. There was a monster, said monster’s mother, and a dragon, but between the mother and the dragon it was subtly said that about fifty years passed. It really could’ve been done better.

And there was no need for about thirty different characters to be named, especially since half had a very small role or no role at all.

I know this is one of the oldest intact pieces of literature we have and that’s significant, but to me, its age shows, and not in a good way. Let’s just say that I’m very glad books have made as much progress as they have, because if not … I probably wouldn’t be a reader. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯