Loki: WICKED, VISCERAL, TRANSGRESSIVE: Norse gods as you've never seen them before

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Definitely worth a go if you’re interested in Loki…unless you really don’t wanna read bad language and vulgarity….

I usually really enjoy Norse myth retellings and this sounded like exactly the kind of thing I would enjoy. a mischievous, unpredictable and clever book that breathes new life into an already fascinating character and godly race. Burgess leans into the queer elements present in the traditional stories and expands on them, makes them a focus of his retelling. Not because there is anything necessarily to graphic or horrific in this book, but there are certain animal. Burgess again courted predictable controversy in 2003, with the publication of Doing It, which dealt with underage sex.my other main nitpick if you allow me one more is the way the book dealt with the topic of homophobia and transphobia.

Burgess frames his gleeful adult debut as Loki, Norse god of mischief, attempting to set his story straight. The narrative is more episodic than an overall story, and I found my interest waning at certain parts, particularly in the middle. the changes made to the original myths didn't seem to serve much purpose and the portrayal of the majority of the norse gods involved was exasperatingly black and white leaving no room for nuance, room that was no doubt used to present our beloved loki in the most favourable light possible, the unsung, misunderstood, and mistreated hero of asgard – hate to say it but i believe i've seen this movie before.

It felt very unnecessary to the story and this alongside the reader being regularly insulted really pulled me out of the story. Finally, this book is so incredibly nastily misogynistic in its portrayal of women almost exclusively as hysterical sex-crazed harpies.