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A review by ashlurtis
D'Aulaires' Book of Norwegian Folktales by Peter Christian Asbjornden
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I don't read folktales on a regular basis, but picked this up as part of my library's reading challenge this year. I have a lot of Norwegian ancestry so I thought it would be interesting to check out some of the culture with the folktales.
This book has a nice intro that gives some background and context to the stories and collection that I found helpful. As someone who isn't well versed in the genre, I found the repetition to be a little overwhelming by the first few stories. I think this book could have been much shorter as quite a few stories had the same overall plot and made them less interesting to me.
The illustrations are meant to be authentic to the original Norwegian illustrations, but didn't add too much to the book overall for me. This is a fun read, but doesn't make me necessarily more inclined to read more folktales.
This book has a nice intro that gives some background and context to the stories and collection that I found helpful. As someone who isn't well versed in the genre, I found the repetition to be a little overwhelming by the first few stories. I think this book could have been much shorter as quite a few stories had the same overall plot and made them less interesting to me.
The illustrations are meant to be authentic to the original Norwegian illustrations, but didn't add too much to the book overall for me. This is a fun read, but doesn't make me necessarily more inclined to read more folktales.