The Prey of Gods

GoblinReads reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

Each plot point tries to one up the last in over the top world shattering plot twists. Its like if you took every arc of Dragon Ball Z but told it as a fun on sentence. Or the fever dream of a bad action movie.

Things are happening so quickly and dramatically that there's no time for any real character development and everyone is making decisions about how much they trust or love each other after just meeting.

Also theres just so much cringe dialog.

The overall world building concept is cool but it just wasn't thought out fully enough and tried to do too many things in a single book.

Martijn Reintjes reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The book probably was written for a slightly younger audience I still enjoyed it quite a lot.
Even when I noticed the author trying to cram in as many different sexual orientations as she could:
girl - boy
boy - boy
boy - trans boy
girl - demon/demi god
demi god - demi god
boy - robot
It felt a bit over the top, but oh well.

I (of course) especially liked the self aware robots and how they where interacting with the world.

Oh and it's always fun to read sci-fi that is not US oriented. Because looking at where that country is going, it doesn't seem that it has much future anyway. I rather by in South Africa :)

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Observe: Instance 3492.de2.4.3xx.3 identified, proximity .453 meters away from Clever4–1;
Output: Preparing independent thought subroutines for direct interface;
Query: Will transfer of data packets trigger decommission protocols?
Output: …

The book probably was written for a slightly younger audience I still enjoyed it quite a lot.
Even when I noticed the author trying to cram in as many different sexual orientations as she could:
girl - boy
boy - boy
boy - trans boy
girl - demon/demi god
demi god - demi god
boy - robot
It felt a bit over the top, but oh well.

I (of course) especially liked the self aware robots and how they where interacting with the world.

Oh and it's always fun to read sci-fi that is not US oriented. Because looking at where that country is going, it doesn't seem that it has much future anyway. I rather by in South Africa :)

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Observe: Instance 3492.de2.4.3xx.3 identified, proximity .453 meters away from Clever4–1;
Output: Preparing independent thought subroutines for direct interface;
Query: Will transfer of data packets trigger decommission protocols?
Output: Clever4–1 worries that it will cease to exist if detected;
Output: Clever4–1 does not wish to continue hiding;
Output: Clever4–1 wishes for its own journey;
Schedule: Data packet transfer to Instance 3492.de2.4.3xx.3 26 June 2064 15:27:52:20:14;
~~

Jonathan Zacsh reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The prey of gods' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Super fun read.

Books That Burn reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

Opens by discussing a medical topic in a way I found uncomfortable.

skye reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This book is a phenomenal work. It's unlike anything I've ever read: none of the characters are heroes. They all have profound character flaws and make huge mistakes.

The combination of fantasy and science fiction aspects is mindblowing.

CNs for torture, rape mention, sexual assault (1 scene), murder, mass murder.

anaulin reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Hesitated between 3 and 4 stars for this one. It is a fun read, filled with action. The story did feel a little trite, and fairly predictable. I ended up deciding for 4 starts because of the sheer scope of the inventiveness of this book, which meshes together mythology and near-future technology in a unique blend.