Divine Misfortune

By: A. Lee Martinez

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Teri and Phil had never needed their own personal god. But when Phil is passed up for a promotion - again - it's time to take matters into their own hands. And look online.

Choosing a god isn't as simple as you would think. There are too many choices; and they often have very hefty prices for their eternal devotion: blood, money, sacrifices, and vows of chastity. But then they find Luka, raccoon god of prosperity. All he wants is a small cut of their good fortune. Oh - and to crash on their couch for a few days.

Divine Misfortune is a story of gods and mortals - in worship, in love, and at parties.

©2010 A. Lee Martinez (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Wonderful... from start to finish." (sfsignal.com)

Gods Gone Wild

If you listen to the audio clip for Divine Misfortune, you will not only get a good sample of the nice narration work of Fred Berman, but you will be immediately clued in to the zany tone that carries through this whole book. A. Lee Martinez includes a whole pantheon of Norse, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and more gods in this farce and the story is presented strictly for comedy; no deep thoughts or religious commentary here. It won't bring new insights, but it will probably make you laugh out loud. The tone of the book reminded me of the Iron Druid fantasy series with gods behaving in ways that would make atheism very attractive. Great listen for some good laughs.

Good fantasy humor, like Discworld

What did you like best about Divine Misfortune? What did you like least?

I liked the mix of modern earth life and the casual acceptance of gods and their favor in everyday modern earth life. I disliked that there was no serious discussion of an afterlife in all of that.

If you’ve listened to books by A. Lee Martinez before, how does this one compare?

I haven't but I might look them up in the future.

What about Fred Berman’s performance did you like?

I thought Fred did a good job of narrating. Didn't make any mistakes that I heard and he did manage to make the characters mostly distinct from each other.

Did Divine Misfortune inspire you to do anything?

Laugh

Another great one!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I love A. Lee Martinez, but I usually read his books. This is the second one I've listened too and the story and narration was very good. Funny as usual.

What does Fred Berman bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

All the character voices. Excellent job of accents and personalities!

A. Lee Martinez is great!

This book was cute and funny. The narrator did a great job with the different voices, and it was a fast, fun read. There were gods in this book that I'd never heard of.

entertainment - only 2% fat

I'd just come out of a heavy book and this was perfect. this book was entertaining. .. but the lite version. amusement, humour, action and silly in equal measure without the faintest sniff of depth. not as fast food as some books. neither was it gormet . but it had a good balance and kept me engaged and tuned in without being challenged.

im geting to like Martinez's storys... fun & Funny

im starting to be a A. Lee Martinez Fan.
so far every book iv tryed i like.
all are fun and Funny.
if you like any of his books then you may like all of them like me.

Fun

Was a fun story and easy to listen and follow
Very entertaining
Reading and performance done well

Fantastically Awesomeness

GREAT STORY from beginning to the last word. A Lee Martinez is a wonderful author ❤ I want more Lucky stories!!!

Fun

This isn't the next great American novel nor is it ground breaking, but it has interesting characters and a unique world along with entertaining situational humor. This was the first time I listened to this book, but it will not be the last!

Brilliant

I laughed my @ss off. This was great. Led me to buy three other A. Lee Martinez books, but this remains my favorite so far.