I thoroughly enjoyed reading this saga. One reason is that the story was told in a very straightforward manner making it easy to understand the plot. Another reason is that, unlike some of the previous sagas, there were only a few characters to keep track of.
There were a few things in this saga that i found interesting. First of all, I found it strange that Hrafnkel could get away with killing people, and never paying any compensation. This doesn't seem to correlate with the strong beliefs in revenge found in the other sagas. This man must have evoked a large amount of fear in other men, in order to keep himself from being killed out of revenge. Another thing I found interesting was that there were hardly any women in this saga at all. I think the only woman who actually appears in this saga is the woman who was out washing her linen, and she had a very minor part. This probably reflects the very masculine culture of the day.
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