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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
2,5/5 ⭐️
As a mythology lover and someone who was obsessed with the hunger games in their teens I thought this would be one of my favourite reads. However, I have been reading this book since september and only finished it because I read it as a buddy read. The story took over 200 pages before something interesting happened. Aside from that I thought the ending was predictable and towards the end some parts just felt super cliché and unnecessarily sappy.
I have to admit the middle part contained some cool plottwists I did not see coming and I absolutely adored the side characters and throwbacks.
The book was overall well written and I am sure there are people out there who love it, it just wasn’t for me.
Before reading this book I would recommend you to have at least some prior knowledge of greek mythology, as there is no explanation on the abilities of the gods and what they stand for.
As a mythology lover and someone who was obsessed with the hunger games in their teens I thought this would be one of my favourite reads. However, I have been reading this book since september and only finished it because I read it as a buddy read. The story took over 200 pages before something interesting happened. Aside from that I thought the ending was predictable and towards the end some parts just felt super cliché and unnecessarily sappy.
I have to admit the middle part contained some cool plottwists I did not see coming and I absolutely adored the side characters and throwbacks.
The book was overall well written and I am sure there are people out there who love it, it just wasn’t for me.
Before reading this book I would recommend you to have at least some prior knowledge of greek mythology, as there is no explanation on the abilities of the gods and what they stand for.
I really love Greek mythology and YA so this should have been impeccable but I have mixed feelings about it.
It was very convoluted in places and often I just had no idea what was going on. However, the writing is brilliant and the characters are great (I loveeeee Miles). I love the world building (when I could make sense of it). But it was annoying because I got bored at like 80% in and just skipped through the rest. The ending was also…insanely anticlimactic.
I’m torn, to be honest.
It was very convoluted in places and often I just had no idea what was going on. However, the writing is brilliant and the characters are great (I loveeeee Miles). I love the world building (when I could make sense of it). But it was annoying because I got bored at like 80% in and just skipped through the rest. The ending was also…insanely anticlimactic.
I’m torn, to be honest.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Probably more a 3.5 than a 3 - I need my half-star ratings! This was a really interesting standalone fantasy and I was definitely intrigued by the premise... I just found that I didn't connect with the way it was written, or the characters, as much as I'd have liked to. There was one or two particularly oddly written scenes towards the end that I just struggled with.
There is a fair bit of violence here, but none of it felt excessively graphic or unnecessary. This is still a book I can definitely recommend to YA readers - I just won't be gushing about it.
Things I did like: Miles, plot twists, how Bracken wove Ancient Greece into modern NY, that cover!
Things I didn't like: the society, sexual predators, the general ickiness of many side-characters.
There is a fair bit of violence here, but none of it felt excessively graphic or unnecessary. This is still a book I can definitely recommend to YA readers - I just won't be gushing about it.
Things I did like: Miles, plot twists, how Bracken wove Ancient Greece into modern NY, that cover!
Things I didn't like: the society, sexual predators, the general ickiness of many side-characters.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ich hab das Buch so gemocht! Ich mochte die Idee, Lore und ihren Freunden nur für sieben Tage auf ihr Abenteuer zu folgen und die Einblicke in ihre Beziehungen zueinander zu bekommen. Manchmal hat sich das etwas rushed angefühlt und ich hätte mir mehr Einblicke gewünscht, damit die Charaktere weniger oberflächlich wirkten. Teilweise hatte ich auch das Gefühl, dass innerhalb kurzer Zeit so enorm viel passiert ist, Klimax hinter Klimax, dass man aus dem Buch auch gut hätte eine Dilogie machen können, durch die man die Charaktere noch besser und tiefer kennenlernt und eine engere Bindung zu ihnen aufbaut. Die ein oder andere Verschnaufpause zwischen den gehäuften Plottwists hätte diese womöglich auch nochmal verstärkt. Aber dass ich mir mehr wünsche, spricht dann ja wieder für das Buch :)
So viele Plottwists, die so viel Spannung erzeugten! Bis zum Schluss kamen immer neue Wendungen hinzu, deshalb konnte ich das Buch auch so gut am Stück lesen. Ich mochte das Setting mit der griechischen Mythologie in einem modernen New York auch total gerne. Weshalb Lore die Stadt so sehr am Herzen lag, hätte allerdings auch noch etwas mehr ergründet werden können, so wirkte diese Verbindung etwas gestellt.
Mir sind Miles und Van sehr ans Herz gewachsen!
So viele Plottwists, die so viel Spannung erzeugten! Bis zum Schluss kamen immer neue Wendungen hinzu, deshalb konnte ich das Buch auch so gut am Stück lesen. Ich mochte das Setting mit der griechischen Mythologie in einem modernen New York auch total gerne. Weshalb Lore die Stadt so sehr am Herzen lag, hätte allerdings auch noch etwas mehr ergründet werden können, so wirkte diese Verbindung etwas gestellt.
Mir sind Miles und Van sehr ans Herz gewachsen!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated