Customer Reviews

Godslayer / Shadow Climber / Dragonrank Master (The Bifrost Guardians)

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This was a very entertaining norse-myth fantasy.I really liked the characters: Al Larson, vietnam soldier transported to norse-myth oriented world in a body of elf and his battles with evil dark elf sorcerer.I also enjoy Taz the noble thief as well. This book was easier read than most of Reichert's novels. Bifrost Guardians is less convoluted not as depressing as her other norse myth series:Renshai and has more light-hearted humor as well.

This is a fast paced and magical deluge of fantasy that left me wistfully uplifted.

Reichert endeavors to serve an amalgam of simple but uniquely creative fantasy in a lightweight canopy of addictive storytelling. Her interpretation of Scandinavia as it relates to Norse mythology and American history are better served by her eery comfort in writing from the male perspective.

It's a simple story. Sticklers for detail may prefer more bloated literature. I enjoyed it immensely.

This is a great fantasy series with a twist. I love the idea of having a person from our world transported to fantasy world.

I first read the third of these 5 books in the 80s stuck on a deployment. I had pretty much forgotten about the series over the years. It was a pleasant find and I have already order the sequel.

As much as I love Norse mythology, I just couldn't finish this book; it's just too badly written. It reads like it was written by a high school student with a good imagination, but one who has spent more time playing D&D than actually practicing the skill of writing.

The writing is careless, clunky, and clumsy, and Reichert's many mistakes and stumbles in the simple details make it impossible to suspend disbelief in the fantasy aspects of the story. There's no sense of place, and not much more sense of character, just a long series of events.

Don't waste your time on this book.