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The Ship of the Dead
by Rick Riordan
Magnus is up against his greatest challenge yet—to stop the Viking warship Naglfar from sailing and bringing about Ragnorök. He and his pals will need a whetstone and a flask of mead (don’t ask why). They’ll face giants, deities, even a dragon (but mostly giants) on their quest. Plenty of mischief awaits in this latest MC adventure, so strap in!
I’ll be honest, I didn’t like this third MC adventure as well as the first two. There’s the usual amount of snark, which is great for those of us who live and breathe sarcasm. It’s the usual quest situation—go here to get this object so that you can go there and get that object, so that you can save the world. Maybe I’ve just read enough of those types of books. I mean, I love all the Norse stuff (it’s my heritage, after all), and Rick’s description of Norway is amazing, but like I said, it’s pretty much the same formula he uses for most of his books.
That aside, the details of the book are what made me give it 4 stars. When you stop looking at the big picture and focus on the details of the book, you get a lot more out of it. I love that pretty much all the characters get their own spotlight, so we can learn a bit more about each of them. I mean, they all get to share a bit of their history, and that’s something I’ve always wondered about (especially with Halfborn Gunderson). I love reading about the secondary characters. The more rounded they are, the better the book, in my opinion. I also enjoyed the sticky situations they got themselves into and how they got out. My favorite was probably when they got captured by Ægir’s daughters. They all managed to talk themselves out of getting killed until the very end (when they actually had to do some fighting).
One of the best things about this book is the sprinkling of mythology throughout the story. I mean, I know Rick does this with all his books, but when it’s a lot more interesting when it involves my ancestor’s mythology. That makes it more personal. I love Rick for staying true to the mythology.
That’s about it, I know it’s a short review, but that’s really all my thoughts on this book. Skål, mates.
-RCK
I’ll be honest, I didn’t like this third MC adventure as well as the first two. There’s the usual amount of snark, which is great for those of us who live and breathe sarcasm. It’s the usual quest situation—go here to get this object so that you can go there and get that object, so that you can save the world. Maybe I’ve just read enough of those types of books. I mean, I love all the Norse stuff (it’s my heritage, after all), and Rick’s description of Norway is amazing, but like I said, it’s pretty much the same formula he uses for most of his books.
That aside, the details of the book are what made me give it 4 stars. When you stop looking at the big picture and focus on the details of the book, you get a lot more out of it. I love that pretty much all the characters get their own spotlight, so we can learn a bit more about each of them. I mean, they all get to share a bit of their history, and that’s something I’ve always wondered about (especially with Halfborn Gunderson). I love reading about the secondary characters. The more rounded they are, the better the book, in my opinion. I also enjoyed the sticky situations they got themselves into and how they got out. My favorite was probably when they got captured by Ægir’s daughters. They all managed to talk themselves out of getting killed until the very end (when they actually had to do some fighting).
One of the best things about this book is the sprinkling of mythology throughout the story. I mean, I know Rick does this with all his books, but when it’s a lot more interesting when it involves my ancestor’s mythology. That makes it more personal. I love Rick for staying true to the mythology.
That’s about it, I know it’s a short review, but that’s really all my thoughts on this book. Skål, mates.
-RCK