readerpants's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not a Meg Rosoff fan, and I haven't been particularly delighted with any of the absurd-cosmology YA offerings in the last few years -- Going Bovine, etc -- but there was enough humanity in this one to keep me going and then enjoying the last half.
Not quite sure who to recommend it to, though...
Not quite sure who to recommend it to, though...
skybalon's review against another edition
4.0
Really about a 3.5. Not exactly sure what this book is trying to say, but it takes the reader on a pretty enjoyable ride regardless.
minty's review against another edition
1.0
It's been a while since I really didn't want to finish a book--completely uninterested in how it would turn out--but kept with it just because I need to hit my goal for books this year.
This book is based on a concept that seems to have been clearly dreamed up at a bar over cocktails, then poorly fleshed out. It is decidedly not YA, as the characters are too old, and the attempts at cleverly interpreting the world as the result of a dysfunctional family of gods just wasn't well handled.
This book is based on a concept that seems to have been clearly dreamed up at a bar over cocktails, then poorly fleshed out. It is decidedly not YA, as the characters are too old, and the attempts at cleverly interpreting the world as the result of a dysfunctional family of gods just wasn't well handled.
tiffyofthemonts's review against another edition
4.0
Slightly reminiscent of some of Neil Gaiman's short stories, i.e. somewhat detached and fantastical, though not as dark. I read this all in one sitting and viewed/liked it as a very human, disillusioned, allegorical picture of God.
raechsreads's review against another edition
3.0
Bob is a teenage boy with normal teenage thoughts, except Bob is also God. Yes, that God who created the world, but Bob is bored and he chronically falls in love with mortal women, which never end well. Luckily, there's Mr. B who attempts to keep the world intact, even through Bob's attractions. What could possibly go wrong this time with Bob falling for Lucy?
lornarei's review against another edition
2.0
Eh. I'll give it two stars since I didn't *dislike* it, but I didn't *like* it either. It didn't engage me. I felt like I was floating above the story, not immersed in it. Whatever I was supposed to be feeling at the end, I didn't.
kricketa's review against another edition
i don't know if i can finish this. i'm almost done but i kind of hate it.
UPDATE: got stuck at page 217. this book made me hate reading for a while. i loved rosoff's "how i live now" so i'll continue to try others by her, but ugh. i don't even know who i would recommend this to.
according to the back cover, i should "press this book into the hands of every feckless teenage boy (i) know" because it "confirms, yet again, that rosoff can access that self-absorbed adolescent sensibility with remarkable accuracy and affection." umm...that's a ringing endorsement. what is supposed to stop said feckless boy from reading the back cover and getting turned off? (and as my beloved friend jody said at book club, yelling "FECK YOU!" at whoever pressed the book into his hands? haha.)
anyway. feck this book.
UPDATE: got stuck at page 217. this book made me hate reading for a while. i loved rosoff's "how i live now" so i'll continue to try others by her, but ugh. i don't even know who i would recommend this to.
according to the back cover, i should "press this book into the hands of every feckless teenage boy (i) know" because it "confirms, yet again, that rosoff can access that self-absorbed adolescent sensibility with remarkable accuracy and affection." umm...that's a ringing endorsement. what is supposed to stop said feckless boy from reading the back cover and getting turned off? (and as my beloved friend jody said at book club, yelling "FECK YOU!" at whoever pressed the book into his hands? haha.)
anyway. feck this book.
mehsi's review against another edition
3.0
I will write a longer review later/in a few days.
This book was pretty nice, at least in the beginning. Later on in the book it got quite confusing with the amount of characters. Bob, Mr. B, Luke, Lucy, Estelle, Eck, Mona. It was quite chaotic, and I sometimes didn't even know who was talking now.
I really liked Lucy, but had hoped for a bit more story about her. For a book that is about Bob and Lucy, Lucy had only a bit of the spotlight.
Also it was quite a simple/predictable book. By 1/4 I already knew what would happen and who would get together. The signs are everywhere and easy to see, and I found that a bit disappointing. The other 3/4 of the book I only read to see if I was wrong, sadly I wasn't. :(
More to come later. :)
This book was pretty nice, at least in the beginning. Later on in the book it got quite confusing with the amount of characters. Bob, Mr. B, Luke, Lucy, Estelle, Eck, Mona. It was quite chaotic, and I sometimes didn't even know who was talking now.
I really liked Lucy, but had hoped for a bit more story about her. For a book that is about Bob and Lucy, Lucy had only a bit of the spotlight.
Also it was quite a simple/predictable book. By 1/4 I already knew what would happen and who would get together. The signs are everywhere and easy to see, and I found that a bit disappointing. The other 3/4 of the book I only read to see if I was wrong, sadly I wasn't. :(
More to come later. :)