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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It took me NEARLY 7 DAYS TO READ THIS WHOLE 500 PAGE BOOK? This is horrible because I couldn't even read a full 100 pages in a day like I usually do I had to stop at the beginning of every chapter to collect myself and try to understand what the hell just happened.
It's not a bad book just long and pointless and there is NO REST AT ALL. It's like it keeps going from one weird plot point to the next with so much action happening. I cannot tell you what the plot was and yet so much happened.
One thing about this book is Lore, the main character, is a good character. She's really fun to follow even though she is a hypocrite sometimes, she doesn't do stupid ish for the most part at least and is very strong willed and admirable.
I do not like the half-baked feminism she was trying to push throughout the story. I did not understand why Medusa is on a shield and why that is super important to the story and why this was the theme the author wanted to go with when she's barely mentioned in the whole book.
The rest of the characters however I'm mostly impartial to, like they just exist man I don't know, EXCEPT CASTOR. Castor or castor oil as I like to call him for having a stupid name is such a pathetic person in the story. If the goal of his character was to make him random convenient tool for the author whenever she needs something to fill the gaps she succeeded I mean he is a "healer" which means all the main characters are invincible. Oh woooww. I just disliked him for the ways he trudges up the main character's past whenever he disapproves of her choices, it's just as manipulative as anything that Athena did in the story and toward the end he doesn't show much remorse or that he's changed at all and the main character always forgives him easily because she thinks that he has a point.
Supposedly Castor oil and Evander are best friends and cousins but the relationship between them was lukewarm of casual acquaintances at best. The author really should have worked a bit more on strengthening any of the relationships in this book.
Another thing this book did well are the villains, ooh they were so infuriating, I just wish the plot was simpler I was stressed until the literal last page and it had very little pay off.
ANYWAY LASTLY, this book asks you to suspend your disbelief so hard. I get that it's a fantasy with gods and stuff and is unrealistic but it's set in NY and it's not like the gods are invisible to the mortals or anything. How were they fighting in well known tourist places in the city that are so filled with people at all times of day and justify that no one saw them by just saying "it's night no one was there" it's NEW YORK there must've been someone there, if just a homeless person on the park bench. You really have to believe that people walk past blood on the floor or people with mortal wounds and severe injuries and guns and other weapons and dressed weird and THERE WAS SO MUCH. I get that it's probably not the weirdest thing New Yorkers have seen probably in that week but it's too much things and it piles up and CIVILIANS DIE and yet it's like everyone is blind to them.
Anyway good book, frustrating love interest, main character was strong-willed (loved that), too many random people die you're told to move on quick and not care, happy ending that doesn't really make sense I mean how did the powers go? whatever though as long as the main character is happy. That's it that's the summary. 3 stars because confusing and also if I only liked 2 things about a long book like this then definitely not worth a 4 or 5. Just good enough for 3.
It's not a bad book just long and pointless and there is NO REST AT ALL. It's like it keeps going from one weird plot point to the next with so much action happening. I cannot tell you what the plot was and yet so much happened.
One thing about this book is Lore, the main character, is a good character. She's really fun to follow even though she is a hypocrite sometimes, she doesn't do stupid ish for the most part at least and is very strong willed and admirable.
I do not like the half-baked feminism she was trying to push throughout the story. I did not understand why Medusa is on a shield and why that is super important to the story and why this was the theme the author wanted to go with when she's barely mentioned in the whole book.
The rest of the characters however I'm mostly impartial to, like they just exist man I don't know, EXCEPT CASTOR. Castor or castor oil as I like to call him for having a stupid name is such a pathetic person in the story. If the goal of his character was to make him random convenient tool for the author whenever she needs something to fill the gaps she succeeded I mean he is a "healer" which means all the main characters are invincible. Oh woooww. I just disliked him for the ways he trudges up the main character's past whenever he disapproves of her choices, it's just as manipulative as anything that Athena did in the story and toward the end he doesn't show much remorse or that he's changed at all and the main character always forgives him easily because she thinks that he has a point.
Supposedly Castor oil and Evander are best friends and cousins but the relationship between them was lukewarm of casual acquaintances at best. The author really should have worked a bit more on strengthening any of the relationships in this book.
Another thing this book did well are the villains, ooh they were so infuriating, I just wish the plot was simpler I was stressed until the literal last page and it had very little pay off.
ANYWAY LASTLY, this book asks you to suspend your disbelief so hard. I get that it's a fantasy with gods and stuff and is unrealistic but it's set in NY and it's not like the gods are invisible to the mortals or anything. How were they fighting in well known tourist places in the city that are so filled with people at all times of day and justify that no one saw them by just saying "it's night no one was there" it's NEW YORK there must've been someone there, if just a homeless person on the park bench. You really have to believe that people walk past blood on the floor or people with mortal wounds and severe injuries and guns and other weapons and dressed weird and THERE WAS SO MUCH. I get that it's probably not the weirdest thing New Yorkers have seen probably in that week but it's too much things and it piles up and CIVILIANS DIE and yet it's like everyone is blind to them.
Anyway good book, frustrating love interest, main character was strong-willed (loved that), too many random people die you're told to move on quick and not care, happy ending that doesn't really make sense I mean how did the powers go? whatever though as long as the main character is happy. That's it that's the summary. 3 stars because confusing and also if I only liked 2 things about a long book like this then definitely not worth a 4 or 5. Just good enough for 3.
Content Warnings
Minor: Gore, Torture, Blood, Death of parent
I had super high expectations for this book after learning of the premise, so I was a little nervous finally settling down to read it. Turn out those nerves were completed unfounded as this lived up the hype in near-perfect fashion. This action-packed thrill ride, steeped deep in greek mythology, was so good that I had to slow down and force myself to savor it over the course of two days. The whole concept of the hunt, Gods becoming mortal for a few days, and the transfer of power when killing them, was so unique and expertly executed. With well developed characters I could not help but root for, and enough plot twists to keep my head thoroughly spinning, I loved every page of this. Well done!
It felt like there were too many moments of dawning realization on Lore. She's made out to be such a smart and strong character, but fails at so many turns.
There were quite a few moments that I just wished the book would end.
There were quite a few moments that I just wished the book would end.
This new book from Alexandra Bracken sounds promising. I was excited to read it because I love Greek mythology, but it just wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. There is so much casual violence and gore that it was difficult for me to stick with it. I struggled to read more than a few chapters at a time. I know the original myths are violent, but they aren't nearly this descriptive. The first few chapters were also very confusing. I had no idea what was going on or why for quite a while. There were big twists and shocking reveals, but they felt rushed. Even the conclusion of the book didn't really get the weight it deserved. In some ways, this felt like the conclusion to a series or at least a companion book instead of a stand-alone novel. There was so much backstory just crammed into a paragraph here and there which meant character choices and relationships didn't carry the weight the author wanted them to have. I also wanted more from Athena's perspective to really make her character arc more meaningful. I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it, and the gore factor was a real turn off for me.
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adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Fantasía urbana mezclando la mitología griega de forma magistral, sin caer en demasiados tópicos y con unos protagonistas bien formados.
WOW. This book is amazing! As someone who loves Greek mythology it was so interesting and I just kept wanting to know what happens next, and besides the plot the book is so well written and poetic. The character and world building is so well done. This is without a doubt a 5 star read. Amazing.
I really have mixed feelings. I like Greek mythology -i am Greek after all- and books thta have some sort of connection to this always excite me but i have to admit i have rarely found something to excite me.
1 star for Lore because it is definitely different, i am glad i didnt see the whole Hades and Persephone, Zeus and his countless lovers, but instead it talked about other gods that are usually rarely mentioned in other books.
Another star because I really liked was that there were love interests but the boom wasnt revolved around them or made them or had the usual love triangles.
The third star is kind of my standard for when i rate -i dont usually do because i am not sure of what to write or how i feel about a book- for all the work that the writer and editors have put and also all the greek words in there.
For me it loses one star because it felt....unfinished. I dont about others but personally i felt like the story isnt over.
And it loses another star because honestly the whole he said she said. The word said is more then 500 times -I think I didnt count- in there. It got me tired to be honest. Stupid reason to lose a star but SJM lost a star for repeating the mate word so
1 star for Lore because it is definitely different, i am glad i didnt see the whole Hades and Persephone, Zeus and his countless lovers, but instead it talked about other gods that are usually rarely mentioned in other books.
Another star because I really liked was that there were love interests but the boom wasnt revolved around them or made them or had the usual love triangles.
The third star is kind of my standard for when i rate -i dont usually do because i am not sure of what to write or how i feel about a book- for all the work that the writer and editors have put and also all the greek words in there.
For me it loses one star because it felt....unfinished. I dont about others but personally i felt like the story isnt over.
And it loses another star because honestly the whole he said she said. The word said is more then 500 times -I think I didnt count- in there. It got me tired to be honest. Stupid reason to lose a star but SJM lost a star for repeating the mate word so