a rare book report
Apr. 5th, 2008 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanMostly these days I'm reading non-fiction of the historical and geologic sort, but I finally finished gods behaving badly, by Marie Pillips. It had been recommended to me, but despite a strong first chapter, I found it difficult slogging for the next 1/4 of the book -- I'm not a fan of comedies based on character awkwardness/humiliation, which is why I mostly don't watch sitcoms -- but I pushed through and in the end found it charming and quite well-written, straddling literary and genre ground without any apparent pretentiousness or apology.
Short version: Greek gods, living in London as their powers fade away, squabble and screw like the cast of Eastenders (and if you get that reference, you'll have no trouble with this book) until two mortals get tangled up in their games, and the world goes to hell... somewhat literally.
Not so much a beach read as a curl-up-in-a-sunbeam read, and highly recommended for commuters, as you can read a chapter at a time without problem.
Short version: Greek gods, living in London as their powers fade away, squabble and screw like the cast of Eastenders (and if you get that reference, you'll have no trouble with this book) until two mortals get tangled up in their games, and the world goes to hell... somewhat literally.
Not so much a beach read as a curl-up-in-a-sunbeam read, and highly recommended for commuters, as you can read a chapter at a time without problem.
