Alan Boucher

The third book in this series takes a decidedly different tone. The characters tend to be human (though there are a few exceptions), the stories much longer. There are some bad guys as main characters, too, and a few surprising sexual counters that are... not consensual, but the full male gaze of the collected work largely ignores what the female characters go through. (These are stories saved by male collectors in the 19th century; I can't help but wonder how many came from women?)

The book, show more with its longer, flowing stories, was faster for me to read, but still felt quite dry. A few stories are similar to more traditional European fairy tales, with places and names swapped out. show less

Another roughly 100 page-long collection of translated Icelandic stories. This book was much better than the first book: less redundant, with a variety of subjects. Still on the dry side, but still interesting, and all of the stories are quite short.

A short book, the first of a three volume set, with very dry Icelandic supernatural tales. Many involve deals with the devil

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