Customer Reviews

Sleipnir

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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Why 4 stars? _Sleipnir_ is well written, moves well, does a good job balancing its military flashbacks with the quest narrative, and I believe gave me a better "feel" for Norse mythology, even though I thought I had a pretty good one already. And for a soldier's life in the allegedly-peacetime army, though I've had sources for that, too. (Not personal experience in either case, I admit.) I'd love to see a sequel, though, exploring how Randy Barnes solves the problem he's left with at the end.

On the other hand, it's not up there with Guy Gavriel Kay or J.R.R. Tolkien's stuff, though equal to some of Charles de Lint, so I'm not giving it the maximum 5 stars.

The amazon.com review guidelines enjoin, "Resist the temptation to comment on other reviews or features visible on the page." If this is an absolute, you have my permission to delete this and the following two paragraphs and post just the two preceding ones. However, I think they meet the *intent* of your rules, if that is to avoid meaningless or dangling elements in a review. If you agree, how about deleting just this paragraph and leaving the following two? Or at least the last one?

I have submitted to catalog-dept@amazon.com my complaint that two Synopses I saw on this page (which may no longer be visible) were wildly in error.

A previous reviewer (perhaps not now posted) complained of the cover as showing a "macho idiot saying 'OK, Odin, make my day." In fact, Randy Barnes, the narrator, several times suspects that he *is* a macho idiot, though he uses an earthier synonym. I think his suspicion is warranted, but I like him anyway. And he was definitely the right idiot for the job!

This book reminded me of Heinlein's _Glory Road_. I really enjoyed the main character, as well as the "twist" Ms. Evans gave the norse mythology. Too bad the cover (macho idiot saying "OK, Odin, make my day") and the back blurb don't do it justice.

Sleipnir rocks. It ends in anticipation of a much needed sequel.
There isn't one at present. I hope that 7 years later does not preclude the writing.

real good book. the main guy(randy) was what i did in the ARMY. I was in the unit talked about in the book, and my name is randy.
I guarded the missles just like RB did.