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A review by saffersjayne104
Berserker by Emmy Laybourne
3.0
I will first like to say that this book has words that were difficult to understand or simply not have enough understanding to help me (a novice) understand the old western world spiced up with north mythology. This is a character driven story that uses elements of the plot to further develop the characters. By no means is this a bad thing as we were well introduced to the Nytte family as well as Owen.
I enjoyed the multiple of POV's as it helped to flesh out the story. Starting with Hanne she struggled with killing, she isn't like the other berserkers told through history nor the other one we are introduced to, in fact that she refuses to or tries to stop herself from killing. I think while this is highlighted that she is different from the normal killing induced berserker, I think it's a trope that's been overworked. Girl/Boy with shiny powers doesn't want to do what they are intended to do, tries to fight it, overcomes it by accepting it. Boring. Nothing new was done.
I really had some hopes about this book, the action and gore was very refreshing, many books shy away from showing too much or the one's that I have read anyway. Ketil and Rolf were a breath of fresh air especially when you see how a berserker becomes such a feral creature that it tries to cement down how different Hanne is. There were times when I was questioning the end, I was rooting for the Nytte family to come out on top but the ending that I got was quite... disappointing.
Feeling almost lied to, I wanted gore, I wanted fighting for your family. Maybe Hanne fighting Ketil to save her loved ones, the townsfolk getting between them. Not whatever this ending was. Anti-climatic drivel. I wasn't attached to this book as I hoped, I put off reading my other books because I heard great things about this one. I only stuck out reading this book not because it was a hate read but because there were still parts that I enjoyed but overall I didn't really care for the characters or the story.
I enjoyed the parts where action was occurring, or when Hanne and Owen had a moment or however brief it was Knut stepping up. Knut is the real MVP in this story. However, this book was boring especially the ending. I wanted Hanne to go feral and whatever that ending was wasn't it.
The writing was hard to come to terms with, it was written like it was meant to for anyone around 1883 or has prior knowledge on cowboy western books. It was difficult for me as a novice to get emotionally attached to this book because of it. It was definitely a read outside my comfort zone but I don't think I will be buying the next instalment 'Ransacker' especially when that book is centred around Sissel, my least favourite character.
I enjoyed the multiple of POV's as it helped to flesh out the story. Starting with Hanne she struggled with killing, she isn't like the other berserkers told through history nor the other one we are introduced to, in fact that she refuses to or tries to stop herself from killing. I think while this is highlighted that she is different from the normal killing induced berserker, I think it's a trope that's been overworked. Girl/Boy with shiny powers doesn't want to do what they are intended to do, tries to fight it, overcomes it by accepting it. Boring. Nothing new was done.
I really had some hopes about this book, the action and gore was very refreshing, many books shy away from showing too much or the one's that I have read anyway. Ketil and Rolf were a breath of fresh air especially when you see how a berserker becomes such a feral creature that it tries to cement down how different Hanne is. There were times when I was questioning the end, I was rooting for the Nytte family to come out on top but the ending that I got was quite... disappointing.
Feeling almost lied to, I wanted gore, I wanted fighting for your family. Maybe Hanne fighting Ketil to save her loved ones, the townsfolk getting between them. Not whatever this ending was. Anti-climatic drivel. I wasn't attached to this book as I hoped, I put off reading my other books because I heard great things about this one. I only stuck out reading this book not because it was a hate read but because there were still parts that I enjoyed but overall I didn't really care for the characters or the story.
I enjoyed the parts where action was occurring, or when Hanne and Owen had a moment or however brief it was Knut stepping up. Knut is the real MVP in this story. However, this book was boring especially the ending. I wanted Hanne to go feral and whatever that ending was wasn't it.
The writing was hard to come to terms with, it was written like it was meant to for anyone around 1883 or has prior knowledge on cowboy western books. It was difficult for me as a novice to get emotionally attached to this book because of it. It was definitely a read outside my comfort zone but I don't think I will be buying the next instalment 'Ransacker' especially when that book is centred around Sissel, my least favourite character.