Who's Afraid of Beowulf?
I recently finished reading Tom Holt's Who's Afraid of Beowulf? It was a fairly entertaining story, and well written.
I enjoyed Holt's treatment not only of how Vikings might move about in today's world, but also at how the world of Vikings and of today might not be so different after all. That made for a very entertaining read, actually. And of course, the connection (or the discontinuity in our minds) between technology and magic is always fun to consider. I liked how Holt handled that in such a lighthearted fashion in the book.
This is one of those novels I picked up cheap somewhere at some library sale or another. It was worth the small amount I paid for it, and also the time invested in reading. It might not be the most brilliant book ever written, but it was fun all the same.
