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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
Type of read: Commuter Read.
What made me pick it up: I was randomly scanning through the 'Now Available' in my Libby app and the cover art and title caught my eye.
Overall rating: Holy buckets...when you pick up a book called 'Gods Behaving Badly' that has an S&M-inspired Greek statue holding a whip on the cover, you're not expecting kittens and rainbows; however, I also wasn't expecting the sheer amount of sex and lewd storyline. Is the book tagged as romance and adult? Yes, however, the only mention of sex in the description provided by the author is "Aphrodite as a phone sex operator." That to me doesn't scream "I'm a book filled with multiple sex scenes with individuals who are technically related!" Don't get me wrong, I'm not against a good spicy book, but when you're listening at work and for twenty minutes straight it's a multi-character incestuous bathroom sex scene turned heart-to-heart, it catches you off guard.
'Gods Behaving Badly' is such a chaotic, drawn-out, waste of pages. I feel like it would have been a great short story, but it absolutely did not need to be a ten-hour audiobook. Additionally, as some other readers have noted (and I agree with them), while it may be different reading the tangible book, reading the audiobook version and having "Apollo said," "Alice said," "Artemis said..." CONTINUALLY is just an unnatural break in the narrative. Especially when the narrator did such a great job with distinct voices for each character. Honestly, the only reason I finished 'Gods Behaving Badly' is because it was such a trainwreck I had to see how it ended...and for all the build-up in the beginning, it was rather anti-climatic (pun intended). I would absolutely NOT recommend this one and it has officially made it on my list as one of the top comically bad, out-of-touch books that squandered its potential.
Reader's Note: As previously mentioned...sex. Lots of sex and sexual activity. Additionally, there are whole conversations about the morality of rape and Apollo basically asking to rape Alice.
What made me pick it up: I was randomly scanning through the 'Now Available' in my Libby app and the cover art and title caught my eye.
Overall rating: Holy buckets...when you pick up a book called 'Gods Behaving Badly' that has an S&M-inspired Greek statue holding a whip on the cover, you're not expecting kittens and rainbows; however, I also wasn't expecting the sheer amount of sex and lewd storyline. Is the book tagged as romance and adult? Yes, however, the only mention of sex in the description provided by the author is "Aphrodite as a phone sex operator." That to me doesn't scream "I'm a book filled with multiple sex scenes with individuals who are technically related!" Don't get me wrong, I'm not against a good spicy book, but when you're listening at work and for twenty minutes straight it's a multi-character incestuous bathroom sex scene turned heart-to-heart, it catches you off guard.
'Gods Behaving Badly' is such a chaotic, drawn-out, waste of pages. I feel like it would have been a great short story, but it absolutely did not need to be a ten-hour audiobook. Additionally, as some other readers have noted (and I agree with them), while it may be different reading the tangible book, reading the audiobook version and having "Apollo said," "Alice said," "Artemis said..." CONTINUALLY is just an unnatural break in the narrative. Especially when the narrator did such a great job with distinct voices for each character. Honestly, the only reason I finished 'Gods Behaving Badly' is because it was such a trainwreck I had to see how it ended...and for all the build-up in the beginning, it was rather anti-climatic (pun intended). I would absolutely NOT recommend this one and it has officially made it on my list as one of the top comically bad, out-of-touch books that squandered its potential.
Reader's Note: As previously mentioned...sex. Lots of sex and sexual activity. Additionally, there are whole conversations about the morality of rape and Apollo basically asking to rape Alice.
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It started off pretty strongly but I ended up losing steam towards the middle and had to slog through.
slow-paced
This was not a particularly well written book. There is a lot of "he said" and "she said" in the dialog. But in spite of that I was eminently entertained by the story. Gods living in modern day London. And the title pretty much said it all, these Gods do not behave themselves.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
A quick read, I liked the interpretations of the gods. And as a sucker for Greek mythology, i brought back a lot of good memories reading about the myths in the school libraries
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes