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A New Telling 'In Beowulf' By Robert Nye

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Beowulf A new telling by Robert Nye. Beowulf is an exciting adventure where Beowulf fights monsters, overcomes his fears, and finds out who he really is, this book will keep you wanting to read more and more and always keep you on your feet. This book I would recommend for readers who like to be surprised, scared and also who are inserted in medieval times. And also a good book for people who are facing challenges, because Beowulf faces his own challenges throughout this book too. In this book the main character Beowulf uses his weaknesses for his strengths, he looks for the good in everyone and also when nobody else sees the light through the darkness he will.”Beowulf is Beowulf”, Is how he describes himself. Though Beowulf is not the everyday superman he is a incredible hero in this book, he faces challenges head strong, and never looks back and always gets back up again no matter what may lay ahead. The author had some good things in this book but also not so good things. One thing I liked was how detailed it was. One thing I didn’t like was that it was kind of gruesome and gross, especially when Beowulf killed Grendel. …show more content…

Also Beowulf A new telling, is similar to the book Gilgamesh. I thought it was similar to Gilgamesh because Gilgamesh fights a monster and so does Beowulf, also in these two books there is a lot of action and a lot of stuff happening around the main

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