Best book I have read in a while

I won’t spoil the plot here, the book is amazing! It has a wonderful storyline and well made characters, I don’t generally leave many reviews, however I had to with this one! Thoroughly recommend it!

5 people found this helpful

Great concept, poorly executed

Whilst the underlying concept is a novel and intelligent twist on the Greek mythology stories I loved as a child, unfortunately the Woke brigade have got their foot in here and made it seriously annoying.
Further, the writing style is so clichéd, it seems to have been written by a teenager rather than about one. I lost count of the number of times the lead character, Lore "...felt her throat tighten", "...her heart thump", "...her vision darken" and "...sensed (whatever) from the depths of her soul."
I really struggle to reconcile this as a best-seller as the synopsis claimed.

The narrator does her best but poor Fryda is ultimately let down by the substandard text.

4 people found this helpful

Disappointing story, very good narration!

I'm so sad for this book. It didn't live up to its hype for me mostly because there was zero character development and too much plot to truly enjoy it. The Greek Pantheon is an oversaturated topic and unfortunately, once again, a mediocre book is hailed as a YA hit.
I didn't connect with anyone and the main heroine had a very flat voice. There was too much detail and fluff for no apparent reason. The book had only an original premise and nothing more.

The narration was decent though and if it wasn't for the voice actor, I wouldn't be able to finish this one.

1 person found this helpful

a good listen.

it's was really good, enjoyed it, the world building lacked a little, you needed to know the myths to all the names and references.

The narrator is so talented

This narrator was so good at changing her voice and delivering all the different characters. She made the story even more interesting.

tedious

i very rarely give up on a book, and I really tried with this, but i made it to chapter 12 and then decided I just didn't care about anyone in it and found the plot too waffley to hold my attention. maybe it picks up but I really didn't feel it was worth investing any more of my time into.

Lore

One of my favourite audiobooks purchased so far - Fryda Wolff was the perfect choice of narrator and I look forward to reading more Alexandra Bracken in the future.

It is quite lengthy and there are many characters and details to keep in mind as the story progresses but the ending pays off for the patience - a good of character development transpires by the culmination for several of the key characters.

My only issue was with Lores age, which is 17 at the begining of this Agon, and I can't help but feel it would have been that much better if she had been 24.

What an incredible tail to be told!

I couldn’t stop reading and listening to this story. I wants sure if I would enjoy the Greek mythology retold in this way.. and how wrong was I! #MustRead

For Greek mythology nerds

Prior knowledge of Greek mythology is helpful to fully understand and appreciate the story...but not essential. I listen to my books in the car and this made me drive slower and hope for traffic so I could listen more! haha! Really gripping storyline with yet another battle around every corner!

great fun premise but ultimately disappointing

Was all up for loving this book and getting into some fun with greek mythology, but the writing was painfully average most of the time and the characters felt pretty flat..I was invested in a few, but Lore herself was hard to root for particularly through a series of obstacles and decisions that were so see-through as plot devices and so predictable that I found myself rolling my eyes multiple times. sad not to be able to rate this higher. For such a supposedly fun genre, it took me way,.way too long to finish and I found myself sighing at the thought of going back to listening. the narration work was decent, but also average and in some cases I didn't feel the voice work fit the characters and the scenarios.