(04-13-2025, 08:33 AM)AnneWhite Wrote: Colum's book is inoffensive, literary, but (to my mind) a bit dry. Your mileage might vary on that.
Should I tell you that one of my sons is named after him?
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We used The Children of Odin as sick day audio book and enjoyed it ... I can agree it is not the best of his works, not bad by any means but not his best.
I never found him dry so much as just very Irish. His author voice reminds me of when my great grandma, who was born just 4 years after him, told stories...
3 Graduated, 1 Year 10-ish
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