The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi

by Terry Gunnell

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not like the ending. Hrafnkel is definitely a more terrible person than Sam - all he did was help his uncle win the case - and yet Hrafnkel stays in power happily (dying young) while Sam dies unhappy (in old age).

Yeah, I was mad when Sam killed the horse later. But Hrafnkel is just incorrigible. Who kills someone because they rode your horse - oath or no oath? Honor is complex - honor is above all in Viking society, yadda yadda, yes, maybe, but I principally cannot disagree more. And I'm going to let that disagreement get the best of me in this review.

3 stars because it was an entertaining page-turner but ultimately played out terribly.

[Emily Sherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, I thought this saga was funny? I'm not sure it was supposed to be, but there were some things that caught me off guard and made me laugh a bit (honestly, who wakes up a prospective ally by purposefully stepping on their injured toe?). This is the first Saga I've ever read, and I was surprised at the lack of going off to pillage foreign lands and *insert other Viking sailing stereotypes here*, but there was definitely plenty of violence and revenge taking to be had. And it all started because a horse tattled on someone.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certainly this is an interesting and entertaining saga centring around Freyfaxi the horse.