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A review by just_fighting_censorship
Rage of Poseidon by Anders Nilsen
2.0
Where to begin...
The artwork is done in silhouettes which are often interesting but rarely add anything to the narrative.
The POV is 2nd person. In my opinion this should only be used for Goosebumps-Choose Your Own Adventure
The layout of this book is ridiculous...the pages are not bound to the cover but rather the pages are one continuous piece of paper folded accordion style...wtf? Do you know how hard that made it to read!? What's the point?
The narrative is a collection of stories/chapters about Greek/Roman mythology, Odysseus and Prometheus, and Biblical stories, Noah and Abraham and Isaac, set in the 21st century. **Side note: it really bothered me that the author was not consistent with the names, using both Poseidon and Jupiter, Venus and Eros, in the same story, either use the Greek terminology or the Roman, not both.**
I didn't really get the point. The only chapter that I found to have any meaning or found to be the least bit interesting was "The Girl and the Lions", a story about Athena deciding to mimic Jesus and live on Earth as a legit human being, not just in the form of one. Athena, unlike the other Greek gods, is inspired after hearing about a Christian girl who allows herself to be eaten by lions rather than to renounce Jesus. This chapter best expressed the author's overall intent, but I think the other chapters just fell short.
Overall, I can appreciate the idea the author was trying to convey but the execution, from the ridiculous binding to the overreaching humor, left me rolling my eyes and scratching my head. I just thought this was trying to hard to be edgy and different.
The artwork is done in silhouettes which are often interesting but rarely add anything to the narrative.
The POV is 2nd person. In my opinion this should only be used for Goosebumps-Choose Your Own Adventure
The layout of this book is ridiculous...the pages are not bound to the cover but rather the pages are one continuous piece of paper folded accordion style...wtf? Do you know how hard that made it to read!? What's the point?
The narrative is a collection of stories/chapters about Greek/Roman mythology, Odysseus and Prometheus, and Biblical stories, Noah and Abraham and Isaac, set in the 21st century. **Side note: it really bothered me that the author was not consistent with the names, using both Poseidon and Jupiter, Venus and Eros, in the same story, either use the Greek terminology or the Roman, not both.**
I didn't really get the point. The only chapter that I found to have any meaning or found to be the least bit interesting was "The Girl and the Lions", a story about Athena deciding to mimic Jesus and live on Earth as a legit human being, not just in the form of one. Athena, unlike the other Greek gods, is inspired after hearing about a Christian girl who allows herself to be eaten by lions rather than to renounce Jesus. This chapter best expressed the author's overall intent, but I think the other chapters just fell short.
Overall, I can appreciate the idea the author was trying to convey but the execution, from the ridiculous binding to the overreaching humor, left me rolling my eyes and scratching my head. I just thought this was trying to hard to be edgy and different.