I made it through 114 pages of this shit show before I decided I'd rather deal with a yeast infection than subject myself to more of this travesty. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge.įrom his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world’s ultimate trickster. With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. So far, history, such as it is, has cast me in a rather unflattering role.

Take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s at least as true as the official version, and, dare I say it, more entertaining. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies. Using her life-long passion for the Norse myths, Joanne Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel. It tells the story of Loki's recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. The first adult epic fantasy novel from multi-million copy bestselling author of Chocolat, Joanne Harris.

The gospel of loki by joanne m harris