Saga of Gisli Sursson

This saga is the most interesting story we've read so far to me. At first it was very confusing because of the abundance of characters and places, but as the plot progressed the character development and parallelism became wonderful additions to the saga. Gisli's character is probably slightly exaggerated like the time he, "caught the spear mid-throw and threw it back to spear Outlaw-Stein." However, his character development surprised me in the context of the gore and revenge of the story. Gisli begins by referring to himself in his poems as the warrior and in his last poems as the poet showing the now more prominent side of his character that loves and cherishes. Despite his reputation for being a strong and fearsome warrior, he still holds one of the most universal values: love. His driving force for getting back home is to be with his wife Aud whom he loves, and they stay together until the very end despite all the travesty that has befallen them.