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Lore
- Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of THE DARKEST MINDS comes a high-octane story of power, destiny and redemption. A lifetime ago, Lore Perseous left behind the brutal, opulent world of the Agon families - ancient Greek bloodlines that participate in a merciless game every seven years. A game that is about to begin again ...
For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. Only a handful of the original Greek gods remain, the rest replaced by the mortals who killed them and ascended.
After her family's sadistic murder by a rival bloodline, Lore escapes and vows to repay her parents' sacrifice by doing one thing - surviving. For seven years, she has pushed back dark thoughts of revenge against the man responsible for their murder, a man by the name of Wrath who has attained unimaginable power. Except for one week, every seven years. A week that is fast approaching ...
When Lore comes home on the first night of the Agon to find Athena gravely wounded on her doorstep, the goddess offers her an alliance; they have a mutual enemy, after all. But as the world trembles under the force of Wrath - a god with the power to destroy all of humanity - will Lore's decision to bind her fate with Athena's come back to haunt her?
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- Marc Moncrieff
- 04-06-21
Great concept, poorly executed
Whilst the underlying concept is a novel and intelligent twist on the Greek mythology stories I loved as a child, unfortunately the Woke brigade have got their foot in here and made it seriously annoying.
Further, the writing style is so clichéd, it seems to have been written by a teenager rather than about one. I lost count of the number of times the lead character, Lore "...felt her throat tighten", "...her heart thump", "...her vision darken" and "...sensed (whatever) from the depths of her soul."
I really struggle to reconcile this as a best-seller as the synopsis claimed.
The narrator does her best but poor Fryda is ultimately let down by the substandard text.
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- Alice
- 19-04-21
Best book I have read in a while
I won’t spoil the plot here, the book is amazing! It has a wonderful storyline and well made characters, I don’t generally leave many reviews, however I had to with this one! Thoroughly recommend it!
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It's not a want, it's a MUST!!! endless ⭐
I almost never re-read the same book
So listen to a book I've already read?
Especially a book that you can not read again because if the amazing plot twist and yet fell in love all over again?
Alexandra Bracken!!!! Girl!!!!! What have you done to me?🥹
I need more books like that, I'm love the Greek Mythology so ʙᴀᴅ and ᴋɪᴄᴋ ᴀ$$ MFC
The heroine was amazing! And the plot was ᴀᴅᴅɪᴄᴛɪɴɢ I couldn't stop the book, I was under AB's ꜱᴘᴇʟʟ.
Definitely one of my favorite book on 2023!
Highly recommend it - endless ⭐
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- Sophia Maria Nicolopoulos
- 05-07-21
Disappointing story, very good narration!
I'm so sad for this book. It didn't live up to its hype for me mostly because there was zero character development and too much plot to truly enjoy it. The Greek Pantheon is an oversaturated topic and unfortunately, once again, a mediocre book is hailed as a YA hit.
I didn't connect with anyone and the main heroine had a very flat voice. There was too much detail and fluff for no apparent reason. The book had only an original premise and nothing more.
The narration was decent though and if it wasn't for the voice actor, I wouldn't be able to finish this one.
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- sotron
- 21-06-21
great fun premise but ultimately disappointing
Was all up for loving this book and getting into some fun with greek mythology, but the writing was painfully average most of the time and the characters felt pretty flat..I was invested in a few, but Lore herself was hard to root for particularly through a series of obstacles and decisions that were so see-through as plot devices and so predictable that I found myself rolling my eyes multiple times. sad not to be able to rate this higher. For such a supposedly fun genre, it took me way,.way too long to finish and I found myself sighing at the thought of going back to listening. the narration work was decent, but also average and in some cases I didn't feel the voice work fit the characters and the scenarios.
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- Damian
- 06-03-24
Overall a very interesting story
Enjoyed the world and the story - one fault with it is how some elements needed fleshing out more and instead felt rushed. Typical teenage romance but too predictable. Makes for a nice easy listen though
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- Candice K Hardcastle
- 15-08-23
Overall an awesome listen
This was a really enjoyable story, I loved the listen and the spin on the Greek mythology I love so much. I think it might be a bit harder to get to grips with if you haven’t had much exposure to some of the basic Greek mythology legends.
Something that was hard to follow was the constant references back and forth of the old god and the new god but for multiple gods.
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- Gen
- 12-05-23
not for me
Full reviews available via my storygraph gen_williamson or on goodreads/I'mogén.
gutted about this one, but I had no connection and didn't care for where the story went
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- sarah bancroft
- 13-08-22
an interesting story
I enjoyed it, however in parts it seemed to skip and lag slightly in chapter 53 the skips kind of disengaged me from the tale which was a shame as everything else was great story and performance.
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- Wowbagger_The_Third
- 23-07-22
Different take on the Greek gods
Really enjoyed the fresh take on gods and goddesses - the only reservation I have is that the romantic elements were so cheesy, and that kind of spoiled a feisty female lead.
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