brutal sure, but i felt like it was kind of presented without judgement?
like Eggers' strength is he gets that history is an alien place, where people's motivations and actions might not map cleanly onto modern understanding
plus the conclusion kind of implied the protag had fulfilled his 'destiny' within the context of his understanding, his worldview
so idk i could totally see fash finding it fulfilling ("he's just like me fr")
i liked it but i think i would have liked it better if they had found a way to convey that worldview stuff without the world tree segments, felt kind of cheesey to me
brutal sure, but i felt like it was kind of presented without judgement?
like Eggers' strength is he gets that history is an alien place, where people's motivations and actions might not map cleanly onto modern understanding
plus the conclusion kind of implied the protag had fulfilled his 'destiny' within the context of his understanding, his worldview
so idk i could totally see fash finding it fulfilling ("he's just like me fr")
i liked it but i think i would have liked it better if they had found a way to convey that worldview stuff without the world tree segments, felt kind of cheesey to me
I guess my personal view of viking culture is pretty negative, so to see it without nobleizing all the brutality was rad
Oh yeah same