Ragnarok

I've been on a bit of a mythology kick and picked up Byatt's Ragnarok with hope for a great tale retold through the imagination of a child trying to escape reality. I have a strange relationship with Byatt. Our first time together was Possession and I loved it. Unfortunately everything since then has been less than satisfying. I liked Children's Book but found it over-written and un-necessarily long. Ragnarok is certainly not long but dense. Trying to parse the language and the names and places seemed to suck the life out of the story for me. Ultimately I left the book around the halfway mark. Sorry...