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A review by nina_chan01
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
2.0
I had such high hopes for this book. With a premise that promises to show the reader how the Greek gods are getting along in the modern world, you’d think it would be difficult to mess it up. Marie Phillips, however, manages to do it.
I’m not saying the writing is bad because it was actually pretty well written, and it does include a couple of smirk worthy moments. It’s just not what the story synopsis had promised.
What I disliked was her treatment of the characters. The gods that I was so looking forward to exploring where cartoons of their stereotypes, one dimensional beings whose only purpose seemed to be stepping stones for plot development.
The real main characters are two mortals who find themselves embroiled in the god’s boredom-born plans for entertainment even though they are non-believers to the core. Again, what could have been an interesting plot twist got turned into story fodder.
Overall, not the worst mythology based book I’ve ever read, but definitely not one I’d recommend.
I’m not saying the writing is bad because it was actually pretty well written, and it does include a couple of smirk worthy moments. It’s just not what the story synopsis had promised.
What I disliked was her treatment of the characters. The gods that I was so looking forward to exploring where cartoons of their stereotypes, one dimensional beings whose only purpose seemed to be stepping stones for plot development.
The real main characters are two mortals who find themselves embroiled in the god’s boredom-born plans for entertainment even though they are non-believers to the core. Again, what could have been an interesting plot twist got turned into story fodder.
Overall, not the worst mythology based book I’ve ever read, but definitely not one I’d recommend.