Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres and as someone who loves historical fiction and Old Norse history, The Saga of Gudrid the Far Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I read her non-fiction book The Far Traveler about her search to discover the truth about Gudrid’s life and I couldn’t put it down! I read the 200-page novel The Saga of Gudrid the Far Traveler in one night!
The novel flows easily and does not get bogged down in excessive details or require a PhD is history to follow! I have read several novels based on Scandinavian history and Norse Mythology that required much more effort to follow! Having read the non-fiction book first, I already had a sense of the characters and their real-life journey, however a casual reader could easily follow this novel without that background information.
As a reader, the most important aspect of a novel for me is Voice and Character Development. Regardless of Genre, if a novel can fool me into thinking the character(s) are real and their voice speaks to my soul, then I am hooked! I thoroughly enjoyed Nancy Marie Brown’s characters in all their flaws and glory! There were some plot twists I saw coming and a few I did not! Overall it was an enjoyable experience.
As a side note, for some this novel may not be salacious enough! There is little mention of sex or violence! This novelization of the Viking Era does not include graphic battle scenes, raping and pillaging or explicit sexual passages! This is essentially an adventure story and exploration of Gudrid’s character journey. While characters do marry, have sex and kill one another along the way, the author prefers to bring attention to the Saga and the characters themselves.
In conclusion, I would definitely recommend this novel, as well as Nancy Marie Brown’s other works.
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