At the moment I'm reading the second book of a series. So before I finish (and review) it, I wanted to do a review on the first book of the series. I did have to refresh my memory a bit, because I've read the first book over a year ago, but I think it will be fine. Also: once again I don't want to go to much into the story itself to prevent any spoilers. If a spoiler does occur, I will mention it beforehand. So let's begin.
"Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard; The Sword of Summer"
So this series is one of the many Rick Riordan has written. I think most people don't know his name, but when I mention Percy Jackson, I'm pretty sure it rings a bell. The series of Magnus Chase is the fourth series I'm reading and I have love all of it. If anyone is interested in reviews of the other series, I'm more than glad to do it.
So as many of you might expect, the series is about gods, the Norse gods to be exact. And also not very unexpected; Magnus Chase is the main character. Quite soon in the story you meet some other characters that play large roles in the story. There's Hearthstone who is an elf, Blitzen who is a dwarf and Samirah who is a valkyrie. Throughout the story you meet an important relative of Magnus', Randolph, and a few gods, godesses, giants and more. The story tells about a prophecy regarding Magnus and how he, Hearthstone, Blitzen and Samirah go on a quest to safe the world. Since it's the first book of the series, there's no real end, but they have stopped a great threat.
Furthermore I want to say that the target audience is probably a little younger than I am. This does not mean it's written badly in any way, it's just a little simple. There are barely any difficult words... or I'm better in English than I think (ahum, egoboost), because, yes; I prefer to read in English even though that's not my own language. Actually the stories are written quite lightly, which makes it more enjoyable to read in my opinion. Most of the books, and also this one, are written from the main character's perspective. This makes it that you only read what happens to him, what his actions are and what he's thinking. This and the way the author writes, gives plenty of room for jokes and all that. In fact that's half the reason I love Riordan's book and I continue to buy and read them. All the chapter names are good examples of the humor in the books. My favorite in this book is number 13:
13. Phil the potato meets his doom.But through the entire stories there all sorts of jokes and sarcastic remarks and what not.
And, as is still obvious, the story is about the Norse gods, so mythology does play it's part. (This is the other half of the reason I love it). But the gods that you come across in the story are not as you know them from the movies or games such as, well, Smite. While they do have similarities, because there's the myths to take in account, there are many, many differences. Most of them are quite funny though. But if you really want it all to be accurate, I'm sorry to say that this is not the series for you. But to anyone else I can recommend this book!
To be continued...
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