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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Please don't waste your time on this book.
Boring. Stupid. Unnecessary everything. Stupid.
Summary: Every seven years some Greek Gods (e.g. Apollo, Athena, etc) are sent to earth and are hunted by certain people that know they exist for seven days. Kill the God and you become the God until someone kills you in one of the next games. If you kill a God and become a God, you go ~somewhere~ for seven years until the next game(?). You want to be a God so you get their powers and be immortal for seven years (at least).
Anyway, for example, if you kill Apollo, you get to be Apollo, and you get to heal people and make diseases that only you can cure, etc.
Overall, it sounds like a ok premise. However, this book is anything but ok. Just some of the things I hate about this book are:
1. The main character, and every other character. They all have no chemistry and no personality.
2. The writing isn't very good. Very much a book that tells you what's happening and makes you feel nothing (but desire for the book to be over).
3. The length of the book is absurd. Nothing meaningful happens for at least 18 of the chapters, and each chapter is too long because it describes things and includes unnecessary information.
4. The context delivery is terrible. Most people DNF this book because the beginning (as well as the rest of the book) is dumb. It feels like you're playing catch up and like you've stumbled into the book half way through. I mean, she's all like 'my best-friend from seven years ago is here and I thought he was dead and he told me to be careful because someone is looking for me and I'm not sure what he means but actually I know exactly what he means but I'm not going to tell you for 350 pages despite this book being from my point of view" egh. Maybe if someone reordered the chapters and added a bit more context before having things happen, people would be able to comfortably get through the first 70 pages.
5. What's the point of the map if you don't even describe where things are relative to each other in the book?
6. If you need a random appendix at the back outlining who is who, make sure you make reference to it so people know it's there.
7. The whole thing is so jumbled and poorly presented, the game seems really confusing when it's not. You know that thing where people who don't understand something write a lot about it, but people who understand something can be succinct? Well, this book is not succinct.
8. What genre is this? YA? If so, fucking calm down on the infanticide and burning of children in bulls. I don't care if it's related to greek lore, it's unnecessary shock value.
9. You don't even learn the God's powers? They aren't even a focus in the book? What's the point of having magic in the book if you hardly use it.
10. The story has so many plot holes and stupid situations. I can't. Like even the Author recognises how stupid parts of the story are and acknowledges it. 'Why would they kill just to be a God and be hunted the next season' 'Oh, it's sort of like a pride thing, like the glory of it for a bit'. K.
11. They throw in romance in the last twenty pages or so and it makes no sense?
12. Don't get me started on the sacrifice thing. While I hope nobody wastes there time on this book, I still won't properly spoil it, but damn, that was dumb.
13. Oh, I just remembered the "dream" at the end. That was even more dumb.
14. We can't feel for a character we don't know. Fucking Gil was supposed to pull at our heart strings but we don't even know him? He died before the beginning of the book? He was also unnecessary. As was Iro and everything about her and her past with the main character.
15. On that note, there were too many characters. It's the godamn Avengers but you don't know anyone. Lore, Athena, Castor, Artemis, Van, Miles, Gil, Hermes, Wrath, Iro, Tidebringer, the parents, the sister, Iro's dad, the other one that dated Hermes, the some of Wrath, Phillip, Castor's parents, Mile's mum, the lady who owns that store or diner or whatever, the guys she fights in the beginning, the guy who owns the fight place, etc. Like chill. It's a book. Get rid of Iro, Get rid of Gil. Get rid of Tidebringer. Get rid of 60% of the cast and their story lines.
16. 'Look at this photo' 'Oh, that's this place but the photo was taken yearssss ago' 'Let's go check if that's where he is?' and he's there. Wtf.
The more points I add to this list, the more I realise I don't think I like anything about this book. It's basically the first draft of a good premise that was written by a person who never had it reviewed by an editor.
Boring. Stupid. Unnecessary everything. Stupid.
Summary: Every seven years some Greek Gods (e.g. Apollo, Athena, etc) are sent to earth and are hunted by certain people that know they exist for seven days. Kill the God and you become the God until someone kills you in one of the next games. If you kill a God and become a God, you go ~somewhere~ for seven years until the next game(?). You want to be a God so you get their powers and be immortal for seven years (at least).
Anyway, for example, if you kill Apollo, you get to be Apollo, and you get to heal people and make diseases that only you can cure, etc.
Overall, it sounds like a ok premise. However, this book is anything but ok. Just some of the things I hate about this book are:
1. The main character, and every other character. They all have no chemistry and no personality.
2. The writing isn't very good. Very much a book that tells you what's happening and makes you feel nothing (but desire for the book to be over).
3. The length of the book is absurd. Nothing meaningful happens for at least 18 of the chapters, and each chapter is too long because it describes things and includes unnecessary information.
4. The context delivery is terrible. Most people DNF this book because the beginning (as well as the rest of the book) is dumb. It feels like you're playing catch up and like you've stumbled into the book half way through. I mean, she's all like 'my best-friend from seven years ago is here and I thought he was dead and he told me to be careful because someone is looking for me and I'm not sure what he means but actually I know exactly what he means but I'm not going to tell you for 350 pages despite this book being from my point of view" egh. Maybe if someone reordered the chapters and added a bit more context before having things happen, people would be able to comfortably get through the first 70 pages.
5. What's the point of the map if you don't even describe where things are relative to each other in the book?
6. If you need a random appendix at the back outlining who is who, make sure you make reference to it so people know it's there.
7. The whole thing is so jumbled and poorly presented, the game seems really confusing when it's not. You know that thing where people who don't understand something write a lot about it, but people who understand something can be succinct? Well, this book is not succinct.
8. What genre is this? YA? If so, fucking calm down on the infanticide and burning of children in bulls. I don't care if it's related to greek lore, it's unnecessary shock value.
9. You don't even learn the God's powers? They aren't even a focus in the book? What's the point of having magic in the book if you hardly use it.
10. The story has so many plot holes and stupid situations. I can't. Like even the Author recognises how stupid parts of the story are and acknowledges it. 'Why would they kill just to be a God and be hunted the next season' 'Oh, it's sort of like a pride thing, like the glory of it for a bit'. K.
11. They throw in romance in the last twenty pages or so and it makes no sense?
12. Don't get me started on the sacrifice thing. While I hope nobody wastes there time on this book, I still won't properly spoil it, but damn, that was dumb.
13. Oh, I just remembered the "dream" at the end. That was even more dumb.
14. We can't feel for a character we don't know. Fucking Gil was supposed to pull at our heart strings but we don't even know him? He died before the beginning of the book? He was also unnecessary. As was Iro and everything about her and her past with the main character.
15. On that note, there were too many characters. It's the godamn Avengers but you don't know anyone. Lore, Athena, Castor, Artemis, Van, Miles, Gil, Hermes, Wrath, Iro, Tidebringer, the parents, the sister, Iro's dad, the other one that dated Hermes, the some of Wrath, Phillip, Castor's parents, Mile's mum, the lady who owns that store or diner or whatever, the guys she fights in the beginning, the guy who owns the fight place, etc. Like chill. It's a book. Get rid of Iro, Get rid of Gil. Get rid of Tidebringer. Get rid of 60% of the cast and their story lines.
16. 'Look at this photo' 'Oh, that's this place but the photo was taken yearssss ago' 'Let's go check if that's where he is?' and he's there. Wtf.
The more points I add to this list, the more I realise I don't think I like anything about this book. It's basically the first draft of a good premise that was written by a person who never had it reviewed by an editor.
All exposition, lack of character development, boring
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Der Ansatz war spannend, wobei viele Entwicklung etwas plötzlich und teils unlogisch waren. Trotzdem war das Buch spannend und unterhaltsam.
Loved this book. The mythology is what got me to pick up the book but the writing is what captivated me.
Lore has been my first fantasy reading and I'm proud to say that I've loved it. Everything in this book it's just magnific and how Alexandra Bracken mixes mithology with actuality, amazing.
slow-paced
Loved it and if you want a more in depth review one is coming soon :)
This story is one of the most relatable stories in my eyes and I connect with it in so many ways. This is a wonderful story about letting go and difficult choices, Revenge and love, and what living means to different people, coming into your own and figuring out what you really want in life. Do you go with what's expected of you, what you think you should do because of others, because of your family? Or do you do what you love, what you want you life to look like even if it goes against everything you know.
I believe this story was ment to make its readers question there own lives, to make readers look in themselves, was it the best book ever written.... no but what book is? This book had all the boxes check in my opinion. I like greek mythology and Bracken take on it was a cool and wonderful one that hasn't been done before. I actually wish we had more of it a duology perhaps.... maybe gone through two agons... idk but I loved the Characters and the growth and the mystery to this story. The betrayal I figured out early but it was still a good one nonetheless. And I wish we actually seen Zeus and our two "main" characters got to speak with him. But all in all this books is one of my favorites and my first 5 star of the year. And it will hold a special place in my heart.
This story is one of the most relatable stories in my eyes and I connect with it in so many ways. This is a wonderful story about letting go and difficult choices, Revenge and love, and what living means to different people, coming into your own and figuring out what you really want in life. Do you go with what's expected of you, what you think you should do because of others, because of your family? Or do you do what you love, what you want you life to look like even if it goes against everything you know.
I believe this story was ment to make its readers question there own lives, to make readers look in themselves, was it the best book ever written.... no but what book is? This book had all the boxes check in my opinion. I like greek mythology and Bracken take on it was a cool and wonderful one that hasn't been done before. I actually wish we had more of it a duology perhaps.... maybe gone through two agons... idk but I loved the Characters and the growth and the mystery to this story. The betrayal I figured out early but it was still a good one nonetheless. And I wish we actually seen Zeus and our two "main" characters got to speak with him. But all in all this books is one of my favorites and my first 5 star of the year. And it will hold a special place in my heart.