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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Mi "historia"/leída de este libro fue un poco particular y larga, lo empecé hace dos meses y me estaba encantando, realmente estaba fascinada el libro me hacia acordar a los juegos del hambre con mitología de por medio (y seamos reales que cosa mejor hay que eso), llegue a leer un 70% del libro y lo deje porque justo vinieron los exámenes finales, hoy me propuse retomarlo y quede anonadada, déjenme decirles que este es un gran libro
I enjoyed this mythological read!
The world building was a bit confusing and hard to follow at times. I felt like there was a disconnect between how the mythological "Agon" effects the modern world. The characters were written well and their friendships and relationships between them was done well too.
The world building was a bit confusing and hard to follow at times. I felt like there was a disconnect between how the mythological "Agon" effects the modern world. The characters were written well and their friendships and relationships between them was done well too.
Me ha gustado mucho la historia, traerse los antiguos dioses griegos a la actualidad, con un conflicto, que al principio cuesta entender pero te van explicando todo lo que ha pasado, las consecuencias y lo que hacen por sobrevivir.
Lore me parece magnifica, eso si...la pobre se va enterando de todo poco a poco, y ademas con todo lo que ella ya llevaba...
Los compañeros de la historia maravillosos tambien, me hubiera gustado saber mas de alguno de ellos, pero es entendible que el tiempo no corre en su favor para tener charlas profundas.
Una muy buena historia
Lore me parece magnifica, eso si...la pobre se va enterando de todo poco a poco, y ademas con todo lo que ella ya llevaba...
Los compañeros de la historia maravillosos tambien, me hubiera gustado saber mas de alguno de ellos, pero es entendible que el tiempo no corre en su favor para tener charlas profundas.
Una muy buena historia
No entiendo cuando dicen que es aburrido. No hay momento en el que no esté pasando nada. Cada cosa que te dicen es importante y los combates son muy buenos. Además, está Miles, yo con eso me quedo completamente feliz :b
Es cierto que el final no le hace justicia a todo lo que es la historia. Podría haberse desarrollado mejor, no me hubiesen importado unas 15 páginas más.
Fuera de eso, es una belleza y merece la popularidad que tuvo y aún persiste.
Es cierto que el final no le hace justicia a todo lo que es la historia. Podría haberse desarrollado mejor, no me hubiesen importado unas 15 páginas más.
Fuera de eso, es una belleza y merece la popularidad que tuvo y aún persiste.
It was fine--started well, but bogged down in the middle. As others have said, Greek Mythology meets the Hunger Games.
dark
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
It's basically if the shadowhunter world had Greek gods. I feel like I'm missing something because everyone loves this but none of these characters had ANY dimension at all and the whole plot was so flat. This goes on forever for no real reason just to get to the most predictable ending there could've been. The romance felt forced but so did every single thing in this book because no one had a personality. I wasn't rooting for anyone and everyone could've fallen off the face of the earth and I would've been okay with it. Normally when I put a book down and have to restart it 3 times it ends up somehow being 5 stars but this one was simply not that.
On the surface, Lore was seemingly everything I love within a fantasy novel: a kick-ass heroine trying to find herself within the reality that was given to her, magic and death defying action scenes, and a noble, lovable love interest. While this book did deliver on all of those things, there were a few things I just couldn't wrap my mind around.
First, the language of this book was just too convoluted. It was extremely hard to follow at times, especially in passages of action, and I found myself having to reread sequences a few times over just to understand how someone got from point A to point B. Every once in a while, the dialogue itself was confusing as I couldn't necessarily understand the point or even who was speaking.
Second, the insane amount of times "the city" was used as a metaphor. I understood a bit more in the end with Athena's story line how that was relevant, but instead of seamlessly integrating the city as a symbol or allusion to Lore's character arc, it felt very forced, especially given that we didn't have the transition of Athena's character until the very end, when it all fell into place (which in of itself wasn't a very clear moment either). Instead, I kept an on going inside joke with myself with how many times Lore would compare something or herself to the city.
Third, I didn't end Lore with all of the answers I was looking for, most importantly being why the Agon had really started in the first place. There were hints and tiny explanations along the way, but I had hoped for a concrete resolution. What will become of Lore and Castor? Is the Agon truly over? Did they really just have to ask nicely? The ending seemed all too easy for the 400+ pages it took to get there.
Overall, I did enjoy this book for the sake of its story. I loved the idea of having the ancient gods portrayed in a new way, outside of how we've come to know them through the Percy Jackson series (Love you Rick Riordan). I thought it was a very unique and interesting perspective on what can happen to people who wield power through force and fear, as well as the plight of women within these rigid societies. There were many great instances of analyzing a woman's role in her world, whatever that may be, and how one can rise to break those barriers that hold her or succumb to them. I do wish this would have been explored a bit more rather than being thrown in the middle for a brief moment, because it was powerful and it was great. Despite all my complaints, it was still a cool journey, and I'm glad booktok made me buy it.
First, the language of this book was just too convoluted. It was extremely hard to follow at times, especially in passages of action, and I found myself having to reread sequences a few times over just to understand how someone got from point A to point B. Every once in a while, the dialogue itself was confusing as I couldn't necessarily understand the point or even who was speaking.
Second, the insane amount of times "the city" was used as a metaphor. I understood a bit more in the end with Athena's story line how that was relevant, but instead of seamlessly integrating the city as a symbol or allusion to Lore's character arc, it felt very forced, especially given that we didn't have the transition of Athena's character until the very end, when it all fell into place (which in of itself wasn't a very clear moment either). Instead, I kept an on going inside joke with myself with how many times Lore would compare something or herself to the city.
Third, I didn't end Lore with all of the answers I was looking for, most importantly being why the Agon had really started in the first place. There were hints and tiny explanations along the way, but I had hoped for a concrete resolution. What will become of Lore and Castor? Is the Agon truly over? Did they really just have to ask nicely? The ending seemed all too easy for the 400+ pages it took to get there.
Overall, I did enjoy this book for the sake of its story. I loved the idea of having the ancient gods portrayed in a new way, outside of how we've come to know them through the Percy Jackson series (Love you Rick Riordan). I thought it was a very unique and interesting perspective on what can happen to people who wield power through force and fear, as well as the plight of women within these rigid societies. There were many great instances of analyzing a woman's role in her world, whatever that may be, and how one can rise to break those barriers that hold her or succumb to them. I do wish this would have been explored a bit more rather than being thrown in the middle for a brief moment, because it was powerful and it was great. Despite all my complaints, it was still a cool journey, and I'm glad booktok made me buy it.
I love Greek mythology. I loved how this opened. I enjoyed parts of it- but there was so much info dumping- and part of the gods were so confusing. I did feel the love and chemistry the main couple were supposed to have, which is a bummer. I dunno, it’s fine, it’s okay. I literally read almost 200 pages, got bored and skipped to the end to see what happened