Roma Perry

3 stars is being generous. To preface this, I'd like to say this book had everything I thought I'd enjoy. I love Greek and Roman history, mythology, and philosophy. I love psychological thrillers and morally gray characters. I still couldn't bring myself to enjoy this book. It seemed to drag on and there were many things that seemed as if they were fillers and not really necessary. There were countless holes in the plot and for a book in which it's characters talk about being so exceedingly logical is almost humorous. This entire book sounded like someone who desperately wanted to *sound* smart, without genuinely being so. I can't tell you how many times I rolled my eyes reading this. It started off good and eventually just fizzled out. No, that philosophy doesn't make sense in this context. No, that joke wasn't funny. No, I don't want to read 600 pages of college students getting drunk and high. No, I don't care about that girl cutting her foot. And, no. No, you didn't see dionysus. You were high; probably on acid. The good reviews on this book make it sound like something it isn't. It was predictable and the only reason the parts that weren't predictable were hard to figure out is because they simply made no sense. They had no place being there. While I don't think this book was necessarily a complete waste of time, (There were some parts i enjoyed, the first chapter was beautifully written and interesting and a few other small parts throughout grabbed my attention.) I wouldn't really recommend reading it.