I couldn't finish this. I gave up at 50%. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Klein herself, and I'm really not sure if it was her terrible personality or her ingratiating poor-me voice but this book was painful. The most entertaining part of this whole ordeal was deciding what I hated most about Klein. Was it the fact that she's married to a man-child who at 40 years old told her he was going to propose, then he wasn't ready, nope still not ready? Was it the fact that she pays $150 an hour to listen to her therapist talk about her life so Klein doesn't have a chance to speak? Was it the fact that she is too lazy to keep up with barre classes so she has to tell us how great her butt looked while she was doing them and then disdain the whole business so she doesn't have to feel bad about not going? Is it the fact that she has an entire chapter devoted to how all women fall into one of two categories, Wolves or Poodles?

This was the most woman-hating, self-involved, irritating book I've encountered in a long time.

This is definitely one of the better Greek mythology books out there. The gods are dying and the stakes are high, and the characters feel true to their mythological status. But it never managed to come off the page for me. So much of the book is spent trying to figure out why the gods are dying in the first place, and despite the fabulous scenes of death and destruction, you still don't know why they are dying at the end of the book and it's very frustrating. This is one of those trilogies that should have just been one sharp book instead of three middling ones.

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I did find myself very attached to Apollo, and I was simultaneously sad when he died and also impressed with Blake that she actually killed him. Poseidon's death was equally awesome.

Is Snicket our Wodehouse?

Gah, my childhood heart is breaking all over again. This is the one where the Animorphs decide what they are fighting for: freedom.

Having just finished the first season of Westworld, I caught on pretty quickly that Kaycee was in Colby's past, and I got quite a thrill when I was right. Colby's decisions and friendships are fascinating, and I loved Yashar more every chapter. I loved that this book focused on the demons and aboriginal mythology because I'm not very familiar with either and it was fascinating. Cargill's decision to blend the normal fantasy tropes with religion is brave and works so well because he just went for it. I want to be Austin when I grow up. Highly recommend.

This is how short story additions to books should be done! Short, but long enough to get a full story in, free, and not about the main characters.

Cute.