Jenny Clark’s Reviews > The Tyrant’s Tomb > Status Update

Indeed, it's an interesting approach to take. It's not like American Gods, where you have different regional versions of the same gods. Here, they're singular but have multiple personalities and attributes. Not to get too philosophical, but it's almost a kind of Marcionism, where the Old Testament God is acknowledged to have a totally different personality than the New Testament God.

I guess what it boils down to is that gods are sustained by worship and sacrifice, and who people believe they are worshipping or sacrificing to affects what form gods take. Like diverting the flow of a river to water a different area of crop. 🤷‍♂️

Makes sense in a way. I hope this will get explored a little more in this series.
I'll need to get to American Gods sometime; sounds good!

Jenny wrote: "Makes sense in a way. I hope this will get explored a little more in this series.
I'll need to get to American Gods sometime; sounds good!"

Definitely a recommend from me, very thought-provoking stuff, though it does go on a bit too long :)

👍 It's also on the guardian list of 1000 books to read before you die, so two birds with one stone!