Review by HelkaK
I read Fargoer in Finnish and as it is my native language and the story is set to medieval pre-christian era of our country, it was only the right thing to do.
The story is about a young girl Vierra, her path in life is set already, but her choices lead her way to physical and mental hardships. She's born to a hunter-gatherer tribe at the time the Vikings and other people try to find their way into the heartland of Vierra's world. http://www.fargoer.com/
The poetry in between the story follows Finnish National epic Kalevala both in form and in content. The poetry is about the birth of the world and controlling various forces, like fire, in a mythological way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Vierra's story could have been written as an adventure, but it's more than that, it's epic without the cliches such of making Vierra a remarkable heroine or mythological commander of forces of the forest.
I'm looking forward to reading more of Vierra's story. Thank you Petteri Hannila for creating this story. Kiitos.
LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The story is about a young girl Vierra, her path in life is set already, but her choices lead her way to physical and mental hardships. She's born to a hunter-gatherer tribe at the time the Vikings and other people try to find their way into the heartland of Vierra's world. http://www.fargoer.com/
The poetry in between the story follows Finnish National epic Kalevala both in form and in content. The poetry is about the birth of the world and controlling various forces, like fire, in a mythological way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Vierra's story could have been written as an adventure, but it's more than that, it's epic without the cliches such of making Vierra a remarkable heroine or mythological commander of forces of the forest.
I'm looking forward to reading more of Vierra's story. Thank you Petteri Hannila for creating this story. Kiitos.
LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE