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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2273 KP) rated The Lightning Thief in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan | 2005 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
10
8.6 (100 Ratings)
Book Rating
Percy Jackson's world seems to be a target for weird creatures. Then he discovers why. The old Greek gods are real, and one of them is his father. At times, it does feel like a Harry Potter rip off, but there are some pretty fresh twists as well. I completely enjoyed it. And I discovered I've had one of his mysteries on my shelf for a while now. It's moved up my to be read list.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-lightning-thief-by-rick.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Rachel Howser Roberts (96 KP) rated American Gods in Books

Jun 22, 2018  
American Gods
American Gods
Neil Gaiman | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
8.3 (72 Ratings)
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Original story (1 more)
Mythology
One of my top 10
This novel was one of the most original works I have read. It combines mythology from all over the world into an epic journey within the dirty underside of the melting pot that is America. The main characters are well fleshed out. An interesting aspect of the book is the “coming to America” chapters that give the backstory on how the old gods in the novel came to be in America. This novel definitely focuses more on the journey to get to the climax rather than the climax itself.
  
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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated American Gods in Books

Aug 14, 2018  
American Gods
American Gods
Neil Gaiman | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
8.3 (72 Ratings)
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I couldn’t put this book down. From the first page I was captivated. Bought it to take on holiday and had finished it by the morning of the second day. Everything about this book was interesting and entertaining.
It kept you guessing about who some characters were in terms of their Norse gods but that was just part of the fun of it. Brilliant twist at the end that I didn’t see coming until just before.
Shadow’s character kept you wanting more for him, and kept you hoping things would work out in his favour. Can’t wait to pick up the sequel!
  
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David McK (3496 KP) rated The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2) in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1963
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
The sequel to <i>A Princess of Mars</i>, <i>The Gods of Mars</i> again is presented as Edgar Rice Burroughs retelling the story of a relation of his. Again, this novel starts on Earth before moving to Mars proper and fleshing out the world first shown in the earlier book.

It is also, quite clearly, a product of it's time both in it's vision of Barsoom (or Mars), and in the culture of the various races upon (and underneath) the planet, and also ends - rather abruptly, I felt - in a cliffhanger of an ending.
  
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Christopher Hobbs recommended Children of Paradise (1945) in Movies (curated)

 
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
1945 |
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The title of the film refers to “the gods”—in French, le paradis—that upper gallery in a theater where the seats are cheap and the audience boisterous. Throughout the film, we are the audience watching parallel stories in which the world of the stage, presented largely in mime, mirrors the “real-life” setting, itself of course a fiction shown on the screen. Through the obvious theatricality of the stage and the far subtler theatricality of the “real” story, we follow a tale of love, loss, and revenge straight from late nineteenth-century French literature but reinvigorated by the magic of film."

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