I really, really loved this story. ( )

Not my cup of tea at all. I picked it up thinking the description of the plot was a metaphor, but no, it's not. It's literally "what if a God was a moody teen" which sounds like a prompt from tumblr that never should have been written (but would without a doubt get countless of notes with some boring addition to the original post that everyone hails as brilliant).

Bob is a bad dude, and I don't fucking care for him. He doesn't develop at all and the only good thing you can say about him is he doesn't rape the woman he gets obsessed with (the book literally points out that he does not do this ... wtf). Said woman, Lucy, is just as unlikeable, even though the book certainly want you to find her charming and sweet. She is a zookeeper and when a capybara escapes her response is to go "oh well, I'm not gonna go look for it because then someone will know I messed up and I might lose my job". Like wtf Lucy you should lose your job, you're bad at it and you're a bad person!!

The rest of the characters were boring and the entire thing felt like it was written by someone who wants to be Douglas Adams but really has no idea how to do it. ( )

I appreciated how Bob remained a constant knobhead through out and it was left to the other characters to cope with him.
am interesting exploration of God and the human condition. ( )

Imagine that God was a teenage boy, and a spoiled, sulky, sex-crazed one at that. One who became god because his mother won the job gambling. Now imagine that every time he falls in love, lust might be a better word though, the weather goes insane and it usually ends with disaster and death for hundreds if not thousands.

I’ve read plenty of good reviews of Rosoff’s work in blogs all over the shop, and the premise of this sounded vaguely entertaining. But if I’m honest this book just did nothing for me. I didn’t get Bob the god, yes he was an irritating teenager and his mother was hell, but I never got him. Or any of the other characters.

Estelle struck me as someone who could have been a fascinating character. Unfortunately as a supporting character she didn’t get a whole heap to do. But I’d read a book about her if I got the chance. So I won’t be giving up on Rosoff as an author, I’ll just have to try a different work by her. ( )

Strange fluffy Anglo-centric behind the scenes of God comedy. Not sure I was in the mood for it, but I hope the Eck will be OK ( )