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Title: Excited by the dust jacket write-up, disappointed in the book
Review: I was excited about reading this book when I read the write-upon the dust jacket. It sounded like something I would really like.It started out well with the story of Katla, a thrall (or slave) onher way to Greenland in A.D. 985. I enjoyed the description ofevery day life for the new settlers. The conflict between theworshippers of the old Norse Gods and the new Christians wasinteresting.But ... I didn't like any of the characters. I had troublefollowing what was going on. The narration is in first person,split between the voices of Katla, her daughter Bibrau, andThorbjorg, the seeress/healer. I often had to go back and rereadentire sections to get the flow of the story - especially whenthe narration was in Bibrau's voice.
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