Doug Rand

An interesting idea that failed to deliver. A demigoddess wanting to become a goddess. The idiot brother of Odysseus. A quest. Wow. Yeah, that should be good. But it reads like a piece of juvenile first writing by a writer who wanted to demonstrate how clever he was - and failed. It is very disheartening to see that works like this can be published, but it made much more sense once I read the authorial biography, helpfully included in the back cover. The author managed to be published for a very major reason - he started the publishing company that published the work! This was apparently written as part of a school project (and apparently his first one) and was performed at the school, where I'm sure his closest friends found it hilarious. My advice is don't waste your time. The only clever thing about it is the title.… (más)