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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i loved this book. the story line is that the greek gods now live on earth and are losing their powers because people have stopped believing in them.
Light & clever. Very enjoyable for those who have a thing (as I do) for the Greek gods & goddesses.
Camptastic. I liked it. It will win no Pulitzer, but it was an entertaining read.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’ve realized that when I review books, specifically the ones I don’t like, I only mention the things I didn’t like. So for this one (even though there wasn’t much that I liked) let’s start there.
This book has a really fun premise, gods living in the modern world is always something that I look forward to. Even though it’s kind of really badly written it’s still entertaining and it’s not hard to get through it, the short chapters help. Some of the characters were fun too, specially Hermes.
Now, onto my issues. First and foremost, this book is REALLY predictable, I was surprised by basically nothing in this book, it was entertaining but not exciting. The writing doesn’t help it at all either, could it be worse? yes, I’ve read worse actually, but I still cannot turn a blind eye. It’s worse at the start, or maybe just more noticeable, but even though it gets better it doesn’t get… good. Also so many things are left unresolved and so many others contradict themselves.
Most of the characters (if not all) lack so much depth it’s not even funny. Obviously, the greek gods already exist, and you can fall back onto what myths said about them and what their powers are, but throughout this books it felt like each and every one of the characters had 1 (ONE) trait, and that was it, and they exploited this to eye rolling extents.
To piggyback off that, a lot of these traits were talked about in very childish manners in the name of humor. Yes, sex is funny, nerds are funny, can we find something funnier now, please?
I can understand that this was trying to be more of a low stakes, easy and fun read… but it wasn’t fun.
To finish this off, I’m just gonna say this book brings nothing to the table. Greek gods acting basically the same they acted in greek myths, re-tellings of things that have been re-told a thousand times already. Nothing new, no changes, no new stories, no nuance, no nothing basically. If you are thinking about reading this I would just recommend reading some greek classics and you would get the same but ten times better.
This book has a really fun premise, gods living in the modern world is always something that I look forward to. Even though it’s kind of really badly written it’s still entertaining and it’s not hard to get through it, the short chapters help. Some of the characters were fun too, specially Hermes.
Now, onto my issues. First and foremost, this book is REALLY predictable, I was surprised by basically nothing in this book, it was entertaining but not exciting. The writing doesn’t help it at all either, could it be worse? yes, I’ve read worse actually, but I still cannot turn a blind eye. It’s worse at the start, or maybe just more noticeable, but even though it gets better it doesn’t get… good. Also so many things are left unresolved and so many others contradict themselves.
Most of the characters (if not all) lack so much depth it’s not even funny. Obviously, the greek gods already exist, and you can fall back onto what myths said about them and what their powers are, but throughout this books it felt like each and every one of the characters had 1 (ONE) trait, and that was it, and they exploited this to eye rolling extents.
To piggyback off that, a lot of these traits were talked about in very childish manners in the name of humor. Yes, sex is funny, nerds are funny, can we find something funnier now, please?
I can understand that this was trying to be more of a low stakes, easy and fun read… but it wasn’t fun.
To finish this off, I’m just gonna say this book brings nothing to the table. Greek gods acting basically the same they acted in greek myths, re-tellings of things that have been re-told a thousand times already. Nothing new, no changes, no new stories, no nuance, no nothing basically. If you are thinking about reading this I would just recommend reading some greek classics and you would get the same but ten times better.
A funny, satirical take on the Greek gods in modern day with similar tones to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I liked the idea think the idea of the book was very clever. the thought that the gods roamed the earth looking like humans was very unique and a fun thing to imagine. one thing that bothered me was that no one seemed to know who they were, and this was supposed to be set in the 21st century when the internet was already a thing. Even if you don’t believe in Greek mythology, you’d recognize names like Aphrodite or Athena. It just didn’t seem plausible to me no one knew who they were, so much so that they lost their powers. Very Elf-esque in the end when humans believed again like when they all believed in Santa the characters kind of felt very one note and boring to me. I couldn’t really connect with any of them. The ending was cute. Overall an okay read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Rape
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes