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Aug 15, 2013rab1953 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This was an interesting work of imagination, wondering what the modern world would be like if the old Greek gods were alive and living in London. They are relatively powerless in modern society, since their abilities don’t really confirm to a scientific understanding of the world, but on a personal level they are still powerful. I liked the notion of turning an annoying Londoner into a tree, and then telling the tree not to worry about it, since trees don’t really feel emotions anyway. The vision of the underworld as a place where you do endless tasks just to keep busy is an interesting one. It illustrates, as do the godly characters, how much human emotions go into the make-up of the gods, and their world, although given a modern spin. Although written as a light-hearted joke, it deals with serious emotions when it turns to ordinary people who are trying to get by in the modern world.