Runemarks (Runemarks, #1)

528 pages

English language

Published April 5, 2007 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-61130-5

(2 reviews)

Runemarks is a 2007 children's fantasy novel by Joanne Harris. The book was published on 2 August 2007 by Doubleday Publishing and is set in a world where the Norse gods still survive as outlaws, their powers diminished, while a new and more powerful religion, the Order, tries to wipe out magic from the world. Harris has stated that she was inspired to write the book due to her love of Norse mythology as a child, with the book being loosely based on a novel she wrote in her late teens.The book was followed up with a 2011 sequel entitled Runelight.

2 editions

byayoi - Sour Kitty reviewed Runemarks (Runemarks, #1) by Joanne Harris

Review of 'Runemarks (Runemarks, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I knew Joanne Harris wouldn't let me down! The story is nice, has a female teenager protagonist, it´s packed with action and seemingly straightforward and simple, with a low count of pages, and also a low count on characters, as a "Young Adult" book should be. But those were all the concessions the author made in order to market this story to the aforementioned Young Adults. Behind the cosy exterior, this is a finely crafted mystery. It´s a little short, sure, but it's worth reading, specially if you like the Norse mythology.

Noose, Moose, Mongoose

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Oct. 25, 2012

Subjects

Fiction, fantasy, general
Fiction, humorous, general