![]() His one comfort is his older brother Jonatan, who tells him stories about Nangiyala, the afterlife, a land full of adventures. Already on the first pages we learn that our narrator, nine-year old Karl/Skorpan/Rusky, is dying and afraid. That this is not our usual middle grade fantasy novel is clear from the beginning. Those of you who are bothered by spoilers and didn’t take my advice last time might want to stop reading here and go and read the book instead (it’s not a long read and, in my opinion, definitely worth it!). ![]() ![]() ![]() This blog post will therefore contain some rather large spoilers, including of the ending. The last time I wrote about The Brothers Lionheart I carefully avoided spoilers but I just finished another reread and this time I want to discuss it properly. I consider it one of my favourite novels all categories. It is a bit divisive, and certainly unusually dark for a middle grade fantasy, but it is also beautiful and though-provoking. Although superficially a rather classical fantasy novel, it deals with questions of death, courage and family love in a way that few adult novels can match. This novel is known as one of the greatest classics in Scandinavian children’s literature, and with good reason. A few years back I wrote a post explaining why everyone needs to read The Brothers Lionheart. ![]()
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