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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. What a fun book! And delightfully irreverent and raunchy. Gods get bored too I suppose, and will go to nearly any lengths to entertain themselves, even up to destroying the world along with themselves. I've never been a great fan of the Greek gods, preferring the more pagan variety of gods and goddesses, but I found myself immensely enjoying Artemis and Apollo and lusting a bit after Aphrodite. An entertaining first effort from Ms. Phillips. I would love to see more. (  ) kcs_hiker | Nov 18, 2009 |  If you need a break from your norm and a good laugh, than you have to read Gods Behaving Badly. The first chapter had me in tears. The communication between Apollo and Neil was so unbelievably funny I went back just to read an argument they had. This is Marie Phillips first novel, I thought she did a good job, laughs, sarcasm that was totally naughty, laughs, below the belt revenge between the gods, laughs, some vulgarity and yup more laughs . Knowledge of the Greek Gods is not needed to enjoy this hilarious book. (  ) marcejewels | Nov 16, 2009 | "Gods Behaving Badly" was a British farse that had me laughing at every turn. Here's the general gist: All of the Greek Gods are forced to live in squalor in a rundown dilapidated house in an unsavory neighborhood in London. Their powers are draining as no one belives in them anymore...they are myths after all. Enter Alice and Neil, mere mortals who tamper and change the Gods outlook. How that happens, you will just have to pick the book up to understand...don't want to give too much away. (  ) knithappened | Nov 10, 2009 | This book is extremely funny, and very raunchy. Readers beware! ( ) mamathiessen | Oct 30, 2009 | The Greek gods are alive and well and living in a crumbling London house. And they still get a kick out of messing with mortals, namely the awkward and timid would-be couple Alice and Neil. I laughed quite a bit at this one, but I will say that it's much funnier to people familiar with Greek myth. The humor is rather adult, but then, so were the antics of the gods in Greek myth! I think I'll get a copy for a friend of mine whose passion is ancient mythology. ( )1  melydia | Oct 28, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316067628, Hardcover)Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they are crammed together in a London townhouse-and none too happy about it. And they've had to get day jobs: Artemis as a dog-walker, Apollo as a TV psychic, Aphrodite as a phone sex operator, Dionysus as a DJ.Even more disturbingly, their powers are waning, and even turning mortals into trees-a favorite pastime of Apollo's-is sapping their vital reserves of strength. Soon, what begins as a minor squabble between Aphrodite and Apollo escalates into an epic battle of wills. Two perplexed humans, Alice and Neil, who are caught in the crossfire, must fear not only for their own lives, but for the survival of humankind. Nothing less than a true act of heroism is needed-but can these two decidedly ordinary people replicate the feats of the mythical heroes and save the world? (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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