The Gospel of Loki

by Joanne Harris

Hardcover

Published May 5, 2015

About the author

Joanne Harris is also known as Joanne M. Harris

Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. She has also written a DR WHO novella for the BBC, has scripted guest episodes for the game ZOMBIES, RUN!, and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre projects as well as developing an original drama for television.
In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen.
Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She also spends too much time on Twitter; plays flute and bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16; and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.

Reviews

[Deborah Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know little of Norse mythology, but am interested in finding out about it. I happened to see this book in the library and was surprised to see the author was Joanne Harris, who I associated with novels set in the present day, involving romance and individual hopes and dreams. Another interest was the title: I know less about Loki than the other Norse characters.

I didn't enjoy the style much. Yes, it's apt for Loki to have a sullen teenager type tone (perhaps) but it gets a bit boring.

I did find interesting the musings on punishment; how we live up/down to others' expectations; the frustrations of a bad/misunderstood character whose attempts to be welcomed and liked end badly. The idea that Order and Chaos go in cycles seems a pertinent philosophical concept for contemporary times.

The idea of Thor representing free will was a surprise and offers more to think about, along with whether we can have democracy alongside freedom.

So, much to mull over, either reading more about Norse mythology or philosophical texts linked to it.

[Carla Bevilacqua · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seria um excelente livro para jovens adolescentes se não fosse por algumas falas muito impróprias. Para adultos, é adolescente demais. De todo modo, a leitura flui muito bem e a história prende.

[Andrea Walker · Rating 2 out of 5]

listened to this one and i think it would have been better to read physically. a lot got lost in my brain.

[Ashley A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audio narrator was fantastic and captured the essence of Loki extremely well.