Children of the Gods

By: Clark Graham

Narrated by: Tom Campbell

How do you kill a god, a Greek god, one of the Ancients? The professor had never been asked that before. Jim Burges and his wife, Sally, eagerly awaited the answer. Jim claimed to have a murderous god stalking him, and he needed to know. The professor swallowed hard before proceeding. He knew they weren’t going to like his response.

©2016 Clark Graham (P)2018 Clark Graham

I got this book for free in turn for a review.

with that being said that in no way influences my review. i thought the story was good. not great. it plays almost like a detective novel with some fantasy or mythology bundled in. I did like it, i think i would have liked it more if the narrator was better. it seems to be my biggest gripe lately. he was almost monotone, no emotion or ability to differentiate between who was speaking unless he points it out.

I wanted to like it

I love a good fantasy but this one fell a bit short for me. There were so many instances where what the characters did made absolutely no sense. Even in fantasy, probably more so in fantasy, the world has to make sense.

SPOILERS AHEAD

A "god", your father, wants you to help him take over the world and you decide that he won't find you in your home town? The same home town where he impregnated your mother and watched you grow up? You tell your friend, the police chief, that you think your "father" is behind a string of murders and the cop only asks your "fathers" name? He doesn't ask you to describe him or give details on the last time you saw hi? Your father, the "god", has broken into your house and your wife chooses not to tell you until the morning? Your "brother" runs away from you and instead of running to catch him (both of you have similar physical freakiness,) you get into a car and of course, lose him when he runs where cars can't go?

There were a lot of sequences like this that made no sense to me.

The narrator had a good voice but he didn't make his characters distinct. I was able to follow what was going on but that was more the written word than the spoken word.

I wanted to like this listen but it fell short.

Good tale

Good story based on Greek mythology. The story flows well and the narration is good.

Thriller

A love story with a mythical twist. Drama, thriller, action all rolled into one well done story.

Could not get past the bad narration.

I had to stop listening after an hour because I couldn't take how bad the narration was. I think the book would be better if it was not read in such a deadpan monotone.