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shai3d's review against another edition
4.0
From reading the preview of PAZUZU'S GIRL, I thought that it would be a young adult book. And it is in a way. We get to meet Morpho and her boyfriend JD. They however don't experience the usual teenage issues. Instead they have to save the world from her father's nasty ex-wife.
Morpho and JD however don't appear to be the primary characters in this book. That spot actually goes to Morpho's father Pazuzu. The reader gets to meet him in both the present time and in the past thru flashbacks. We get to see just how much he has grown as a man...err demon. It is really touching just how much love has changed him.
I didn't get what I was expecting from this book but I did get so much more. I do recommend it to readers of the paranormal of all ages.
***I recieved this book from Library Thing in exchange for a review.
Morpho and JD however don't appear to be the primary characters in this book. That spot actually goes to Morpho's father Pazuzu. The reader gets to meet him in both the present time and in the past thru flashbacks. We get to see just how much he has grown as a man...err demon. It is really touching just how much love has changed him.
I didn't get what I was expecting from this book but I did get so much more. I do recommend it to readers of the paranormal of all ages.
***I recieved this book from Library Thing in exchange for a review.
historynerd04's review against another edition
1.0
WOOF. What a...what a mess. This had an amazing premise. Sumerian mythology! A sprinkling of Irish mythology! Takes place in Denver! Yeah. That’s about all it had going for it because ooof. What a disaster.
It is in DESPERATE need of an editor. About halfway through, all the plot lines starting splintering and it just made for horrendous reading. The subplots of JD and the principal could have been axed. The back and forth between current day and the origin stories were badly transitioned and felt really stilted. I’d conservatively estimate that roughly 25% of the story could have been cut and it would have made for a much tighter narrative.
As far as the characters are concerned, the only decent one who I cared about was Lugal. All the others were not fleshed out and were nothing more than caricatures. Morpho was annoying. There. I said it. And don’t get me started on the characterization of the big baddieLilith. Yes, I’ll admit I came in on the side of revisionist history and I am not a fan of the continued besmirching of this mythological character. I fall on the side of her being one of the OG victims of the patriarchy.
I’m also left scratching my head over this being classified as young adult. With the language, drug use, violence, and sexual content, I wouldn’t want any young adult I know to read this. Sure, they see worse than this on a daily basis but even there, I wouldn’t classify this as YA.
Don’t waste your time. I’m wishing I hadn’t.
It is in DESPERATE need of an editor. About halfway through, all the plot lines starting splintering and it just made for horrendous reading. The subplots of JD and the principal could have been axed. The back and forth between current day and the origin stories were badly transitioned and felt really stilted. I’d conservatively estimate that roughly 25% of the story could have been cut and it would have made for a much tighter narrative.
As far as the characters are concerned, the only decent one who I cared about was Lugal. All the others were not fleshed out and were nothing more than caricatures. Morpho was annoying. There. I said it. And don’t get me started on the characterization of the big baddie
I’m also left scratching my head over this being classified as young adult. With the language, drug use, violence, and sexual content, I wouldn’t want any young adult I know to read this. Sure, they see worse than this on a daily basis but even there, I wouldn’t classify this as YA.
Don’t waste your time. I’m wishing I hadn’t.
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