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Loading... Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventureby Michael G. Munz
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
HTML: THE GODS ARE BACK. DID YOU MYTH THEM? You probably saw the press conference. Nine months ago, Zeus's murder catapulted the Greek gods back into our world. Now they revel in their new temples, casinos, and media empires—well, all except Apollo. A compulsive overachiever with a bursting portfolio of godly duties, the amount of email alone that he receives from rapacious mortals turns each of his days into a living hell. Yet there may be hope, if only he can return Zeus to life! With the aid of Thalia, the muse of comedy and science fiction, Apollo will risk his very godhood to help sarcastic TV producer Tracy Wallace and a gamer-geek named Leif—two mortals who hold the key to Zeus's resurrection. (Well, probably. Prophecies are tricky buggers.) Soon an overflowing inbox will be the least of Apollo's troubles. Whoever murdered Zeus will certainly kill again to prevent his return, and avoiding them would be far easier if Apollo could possibly figure out who they are. Even worse, the muse is starting to get cranky. Discover a world where reality TV heroes slay actual monsters and the gods have their own Twitter feeds. .No library descriptions found. |
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Zeus is Dead started weak for me; the humor didn't quite land and largely felt like the same joke with different words (zanny comment and reference), and its main format being the author commenting often comes across as intrusive. Laithe, being our primary vessel for the first half, is unlikable; Aphrodite's love spell makes him annoying and a stalker, and he fails to provide much to the narrative outside of these things.
Towards the middle the story improved, other characters were added that Laithe (and Tracy as the proper MC) had better chemistry and interactions with in the form of Apollo and a Muse. The plot also gets properly started, with stakes, direction, and perils. I also found more of the humor landing, and particularly enjoyed meta writing/creativity jokes the author inserted via the Muse and fates.
The climax of the narrative is actively good, throwing in a curve ball I really enjoyed, but concludes by the story in way that makes the world significantly less interesting. (