Book info

• Title Gone Viking
• Author Helen Russell
• Year 2018
• Genre Contemporary

Frazzled mum Alice Ray likes to think she’s on top everything – she has FOUR bags-for-life in the boot of her car for heaven's sake. But after spectacularly embarrassing herself at work, she finally gives in to her sister’s pleas to take a much needed break. But this is not the luxury spa holiday Alice hoped for – instead, she finds herself in Denmark, in the middle of nowhere, on a ‘How to be a Viking’ getaway. Can the two sisters finally learn to get along or will learning to embrace their inner warrior just make them better at fighting?

Thoughts

I’ve read some of Helen Russell’s work previously, detailing about adjusting to life in Denmark after moving with her family there. This book, whilst a fictional story about a woman trying to learn to let go and open up to life, feels like it draws very much on all those previous experiences and lessons about a life lived Danishly. It’s a good story, essentially throwing four mis-matched women together for a week of going native and seeing how they come out the other side. An entertaining read.

Rating: 4 / 5