This was... not entirely what I expected.

I absolutely loved the first two plays (Rhinegold and Valkyrie) but the latter two were quite disappointing from a gender equality perspective. For example, there was one scene where Brunnhilde stated that now that she lost her virginity, all of her power was lost, and I... I just balked. Seriously? Just, why?!

I should have known that an operatic masterpiece from the mid-1800s wouldn’t be progressive for it’s time, but I had some hope.

Overall a solid masterpiece of work that I don’t regret reading, and provided the background I’ve always wanted to know from reading the graphic novel series by Alex Alice (Siegfried - would highly recommend) from a while back.

P.S. I look forward to seeing the allusions in LOTR to this book and Beowulf when I read it in the near future.