Name: Lara 's review of The Testament of Loki by Joanne Harris
Item: The Testament of Loki
Rating: 2.5
Author: Lara

Joanne Harris

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities ... But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison, and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality. The first, but not the only one to. Other, darker, things have escaped with him, who seek to destroy everything that he covets. If he is to reclaim what has been lost, Loki will need allies, a plan, and plenty of tricks ...

The Testament of Loki

Joanne M. Harris

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities . . . But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison, and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality. The first, but not the only one to. Other, darker, things have escaped with him, who seek to destroy everything that he covets. If he is to reclaim what has been lost, Loki will need allies, a plan, and plenty of tricks . . .

Lara 

Rosie Qua

The humor was good. Espacially Lokis point of view felt in character.
But sadly I couldn't get myself in the story. 

Hana

Being a part of series, I had my expectations, but I also didn’t know what the actual plot will be. A sequel to Gospel, one of my favourites? I’m a simple farmer, tending to my Loki crops. I was sold. Can’t possibly be bad. Can’t possibly be worse than okay if it comes to that. And here we are.
I was humouring the story for the first 70 pages or so, but the further I got, the more I couldn’t be bothered to care about any of it. The Dream and all that jazz are a cool concept, but they were buried under the exposition.
Then there’s the human characters. They were just there. What was the point of introducing them just to discard them halfway through? I know, they were just temporary vessels, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t have been interesting. Even despite the attempt to diversify them, I could not bring myself to care. Without spoiling anything, Jumps was quite literally just three unoriginal tropes stacked on top of each other. The exact opposite of what Leah on the Off Beat got right.
Lastly, for a God of Being a Huge Pain in the Ass, Loki was uncharacteristically annoying. His internal monologues were repetitive. So shoot me.

Actual rating=3.5 
Meanwhile, it was good and I enjoyed it, it didn't make me feel the things  The Gospel of Loki  did. It was rather weird and most of the time, I had trouble understanding the deal. Plus, I wish we got to stay in the mythological places and the old times more before jumping into the modern world so quickly.

Lola

Scarlett Pannell

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities . . .But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison, and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality. The first, but not the only one to. Other, darker, things have escaped with him, who seek to destroy everything that he covets. If he is to reclaim what has been lost, Loki will need allies, a plan, and plenty of tricks . . .

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