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Against All Gods

Against All Gods

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  • Create Date：2022-09-24 06:57:16
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Maz Evans
  • ISBN：1911077007
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Summary

In the series finale of Maz Evans' bestselling Who Let the Gods Out？ series， Elliot faces his darkest period yet。 As well as facing up to his fears， he realises that the future of mankind - and the survival of everything he holds dear - is at stake。 But can a bunch of misfit gods， a lost constellation and a mortal boy stand up to the daemon hordes？

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Reviews

Adria ，

Made me laugh and cry at the same time loved the ending to the series

Jodi_ice ，

Cawpile: 9。14

Suzanne ，

Just wow！We listened to all the books in this series as audiobooks in the car as we spent our Summer Holidays driving to family/woods/beach for our own adventures。 Max Evans is not only author， but narrator and she has a real talent for it。 The characterisation through her is amazing。 I loved Virgo。 My boys loved all the characters at different times。And I was so glad that my husband was driving during one particular passage as I would have had to pull over， I was inconsolable。One Bally Good Rea Just wow！We listened to all the books in this series as audiobooks in the car as we spent our Summer Holidays driving to family/woods/beach for our own adventures。 Max Evans is not only author， but narrator and she has a real talent for it。 The characterisation through her is amazing。 I loved Virgo。 My boys loved all the characters at different times。And I was so glad that my husband was driving during one particular passage as I would have had to pull over， I was inconsolable。One Bally Good Read！！ 。。。more

Sabrina ，

Really good conclusion to the story line。

Josie Dabinett ，

Review about the series as a whole:Maz Evans writes popular characters from Greek mythology in a way that is recognisable but also modern and hilarious。 Zeus isn't exactly the creep we love to hate， but rather a larger than life father figure who has too many ex wife's and an ongoing feud with Hera。On top of the gods， goddesses and demons， we also have constellations。 The zodiac Council and most importantly young Virgo who is a brilliant character， she's completely optimal。Away from the mytholog Review about the series as a whole:Maz Evans writes popular characters from Greek mythology in a way that is recognisable but also modern and hilarious。 Zeus isn't exactly the creep we love to hate， but rather a larger than life father figure who has too many ex wife's and an ongoing feud with Hera。On top of the gods， goddesses and demons， we also have constellations。 The zodiac Council and most importantly young Virgo who is a brilliant character， she's completely optimal。Away from the mythological things that our main character， Elliot has to deal with， he's also dealing with a seriously ill Mum， an evil woman trying to trick them out of their home and a teacher who honestly shouldn't be allowed in any sort of care role。 The storyline with Elliot and Josie （his Mum） are absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking。These are the types of books you laugh at one minute and cry at in the next。 And I would highly recommend the audiobooks。 They are narrated by the author and the accents of some of the gods are hilarious。 。。。more

LibraryLass ，

I started this series a few days ago as a way of clearing out some series off my shelves to make way for the ones stacked all over my house。 The bad news？ I'll need to find more room as these are staying on my keeper shelves。This series of 4 books is simply delightful。 The best mix of humour and warmth with a dash of the ridiculousness and absurd。 I've laughed and cried throughout reading all four books。 They touch on topics that don't get enough space in books， especially children's。 The relati I started this series a few days ago as a way of clearing out some series off my shelves to make way for the ones stacked all over my house。 The bad news？ I'll need to find more room as these are staying on my keeper shelves。This series of 4 books is simply delightful。 The best mix of humour and warmth with a dash of the ridiculousness and absurd。 I've laughed and cried throughout reading all four books。 They touch on topics that don't get enough space in books， especially children's。 The relationship between Elliot and his Mum is so well written and heartfelt， as are all the relationships in these books。Maz Evans is now a must-buy author and I look forward to reading a lot more from this author。 She is simply super-optimal！An easy 5 stars。 。。。more

Reuben Thomas ，

A fabulous conclusion to the series。 Everything tied up nicely and there was enough happiness that my little one wasn’t traumatised， but there was sufficient peril as well and it didn’t feel like Evans shied away from any of the dark and difficult bits。 So much emotion and healthy explorations of big topics in there， and it prompted some really good conversations about loss， family， mental health and such， all in an age appropriate way。 We both LOVED the story and the characters and everything， A fabulous conclusion to the series。 Everything tied up nicely and there was enough happiness that my little one wasn’t traumatised， but there was sufficient peril as well and it didn’t feel like Evans shied away from any of the dark and difficult bits。 So much emotion and healthy explorations of big topics in there， and it prompted some really good conversations about loss， family， mental health and such， all in an age appropriate way。 We both LOVED the story and the characters and everything， and Sprog’s parting comment was ‘Maz needs to HURRY UP AND WRITE MORE！’ so I think it has her seal of approval。 Absolutely brilliant！ 。。。more

Sarah Bennett ，

I loved this series of stories。。。 definitely recommend them

Tracie Margaret ，

3。5

Andrea Way ，

What a fantastic ending。

Kim Gontarz ，

Elliot is still struggling with how to right things and save the world from destruction by the evil gods。 He has to pull on his inner strength and love that he has for family。 Will he make the right chooses？

BookBairn ，

The final in the series and I'm glad to have read them all through as it was enjoyable and very moving （tears！） in places。 Lovely to find out the conclusions to the characters storylines and the epic final battle was gripping。 This series just didn't grab me the way I believed it would and whilst I enjoyed it， it's not one that I loved。 Obviously it's aimed at children so I think that's probably why I didn't find the funny bits all that amusing to be honest。 And that let it down for me as an adu The final in the series and I'm glad to have read them all through as it was enjoyable and very moving （tears！） in places。 Lovely to find out the conclusions to the characters storylines and the epic final battle was gripping。 This series just didn't grab me the way I believed it would and whilst I enjoyed it， it's not one that I loved。 Obviously it's aimed at children so I think that's probably why I didn't find the funny bits all that amusing to be honest。 And that let it down for me as an adult reader。 。。。more

Timmys buchwelt ，

In diesem Buch geht es drunter und drüber。 Denn der sterbliche Elliot gab dem Totengott Thanatos die Chaossteine， mächtige Steine， mit denen man tun und lassen kann， was man möchte。 Und das tut Thanatos auch。 Alle Zeichen stehen auf Krieg！ Krieg der Götter und Dämonen。 Und falls es noch nicht klar ist， es spielt in einer Welt， wo die griechische Mythologie real ist。Doch diese Mythologie ist um einiges anders。 Da hat beispielsweise die Ehegöttin Hera mit Göttervater Zeus Schluss gemacht， weil der In diesem Buch geht es drunter und drüber。 Denn der sterbliche Elliot gab dem Totengott Thanatos die Chaossteine， mächtige Steine， mit denen man tun und lassen kann， was man möchte。 Und das tut Thanatos auch。 Alle Zeichen stehen auf Krieg！ Krieg der Götter und Dämonen。 Und falls es noch nicht klar ist， es spielt in einer Welt， wo die griechische Mythologie real ist。Doch diese Mythologie ist um einiges anders。 Da hat beispielsweise die Ehegöttin Hera mit Göttervater Zeus Schluss gemacht， weil der sich wieder mal eine neue Beziehung mit einer Sterblichen anfängt。 Mich irritierte， dass Hera deswegen Schluss macht。 Denn der Großteil der alten Mythen besteht ja nur aus Zeus Geliebten。 Auch fand ich es schräg， dass die Getreidegöttin Demeter gegen Veganismus ist。 Wenn jemand für Veganismus sein sollte， dann doch wohl Demeter， denn pflanzliche Produkte ist ihre Aufgabe。 Doch obwohl es so schräg ist， finde ich es lustig。 Und auch lustig sind die Verwandlungen der Göttin Nyx。 Denn das verleiht dem ganzen auch etwas an Spannung。Ich habe dieses Buch im Zuge von 2 Herausforderungen gelesen。 Einerseits den Reading rush und anderseits O。W。L。s。In der Aufgabe des Reading rush sollte es das erste Buch sein， das man berührt， und das war es。 Bei den O。W。L。s ist die Aufgabe， dass man ein Buch liest， das Formwandlungen enthält。 Da Nyx sich mehr als einmal verwandelt， zählt es als Formwandlungen。Und das Buch ist logischerweise im Fach Verwandlung zu lesen。 Auch wenn das Buch für jüngere Leser*innen ist， überzeugt mich der Schreibstil immer noch von seiner Gutheit。 Er ist meiner Meinung nach sogar so gut wie der des Eberhofers und somit richtig gut。 Es ist seit langem wieder mal ein Buch， an dem ich nichts auszusetzen habe。 Fazit？ Richtig gutes Buch， das ich jedem von euch ans Herz legen möchte。  。。。more

Sean Bloom ，

Highly optimal series。Loved every moment of it: funny well written， I wish Maz's Hermes was real！！！Read it！！ Highly optimal series。Loved every moment of it: funny well written， I wish Maz's Hermes was real！！！Read it！！ 。。。more

Martin Wilson ，

Rated by my 10 year-old son， who locked himself away in his room and read this entire series in four days！

Zoë ，

Simply brilliant！ I feel bereft that the series is over and so hoping that the next book will be as good！ Cannot recommend highly enough regardless of age

Jamie Marshall ，

What an emotional rollercoaster！ This is the fourth and final instalment of the “Who let the Gods out？” series by Maz Evans。 Elliot’s epic journey has reached a point where he needs to make the hardest， most devastating decision anyone could bare to make: to save the world， or to save the person he loves most in the world。 This would be a great PSHE discussion point about Elliot’s feelings at the time。 We learn from earlier books that Elliot’s mum was also ill before she was taken to the underwo What an emotional rollercoaster！ This is the fourth and final instalment of the “Who let the Gods out？” series by Maz Evans。 Elliot’s epic journey has reached a point where he needs to make the hardest， most devastating decision anyone could bare to make: to save the world， or to save the person he loves most in the world。 This would be a great PSHE discussion point about Elliot’s feelings at the time。 We learn from earlier books that Elliot’s mum was also ill before she was taken to the underworld， and there is a heart wrenching discussion between Elliot and his mum about whether she actually wants to be brought back to life。 Again， this opens up a much needed， but delicate， talking point about dealing with death or even the role of child carers。 Despite the gravity of Elliot’s dilemma， there are lots of humorous anecdotes in the form of the Greek Gods， the Zodiac Council and other mythical creatures。 There are quite a lot of characters to keep up with， but they are well identified through their speech and actions。 KS2 pupils could use this as an example of how to write characterisation and how a character’s speech could change a reader’s perspective of them。 。。。more

Chris ，

Final chapter in the sara of Elliot Hooper， Virgo， Thanatos， Hypnos and the Greek Gods。 More sadness， but plenty of hope and uplifting moments。 Loved this series。。。

Daniel Hilton ，

What a BRILLIANT series :’） absolutely loved it。

Alyce Hunt ，

Read this in one sitting， choking back tears at multiple points。 Astounding。 Anyone who says that children's books can't be beneficial to an older audience are complete idiots， because Maz Evans handles grief superbly。 A full review of this series will be coming at some point， but I think this is the best middle grade series I've ever read and I'm so glad I listened to the recommendations of Steph （@eenalol on Twitter）。 Read this in one sitting， choking back tears at multiple points。 Astounding。 Anyone who says that children's books can't be beneficial to an older audience are complete idiots， because Maz Evans handles grief superbly。 A full review of this series will be coming at some point， but I think this is the best middle grade series I've ever read and I'm so glad I listened to the recommendations of Steph （@eenalol on Twitter）。 。。。more

Beth ，

Ranked Book 6 （out of 15） of my holiday reads - August 2019 What a fitting end to this series！ - 4。5* I honestly loved this series。 I first saw it on EduTwitter and I know why there was such a buzz over it。 It's fabulous and I think would be great for getting children interested。 I definitely would aim at Y4+。Anyway， never mind them because for me， I found it awesome and weirdly emotional。 This book deals with so many issues: family， acceptance， death， young love and conflict。 I did love this Ranked Book 6 （out of 15） of my holiday reads - August 2019 What a fitting end to this series！ - 4。5* I honestly loved this series。 I first saw it on EduTwitter and I know why there was such a buzz over it。 It's fabulous and I think would be great for getting children interested。 I definitely would aim at Y4+。Anyway， never mind them because for me， I found it awesome and weirdly emotional。 This book deals with so many issues: family， acceptance， death， young love and conflict。 I did love this series。 I really did。 I can't help but compare it to Riordan's series， which is why it will never get a 5* but for what it's worth， I really enjoyed it and not all children's literature does that for me。 （I'm looking at you， Ug！） Bit sad to see the end of the series。。。 。。。more

Simon Mcleish ，

Fun， madcap ending to a fun series。 Slightly marred by proof reading errors， grizzly for grisly， scalded for scolded， etc。

David Pereira ，

I bought the first book thinking I needed something light to read。 I had no idea it was a children's book。In truth - I fell for the first book。。。 really。。。 hard。 So funny and absolutely engrossing！I have no idea how this is a children's book。 As some of the themes in this book are super dark and emotionally very deep！ I was reduced to near tears at least twice per book。All 4 books were amazing。 Sad it's over - but glad this isn't one of those pointless and endless series reads。 I bought the first book thinking I needed something light to read。 I had no idea it was a children's book。In truth - I fell for the first book。。。 really。。。 hard。 So funny and absolutely engrossing！I have no idea how this is a children's book。 As some of the themes in this book are super dark and emotionally very deep！ I was reduced to near tears at least twice per book。All 4 books were amazing。 Sad it's over - but glad this isn't one of those pointless and endless series reads。 。。。more

Kim ，

Heartbreaking， heartwarming and to me， just the ending I would hope for。 All the regulars， including my personal favourites。。。。 the royal family。 Sad the series has ended but looking forward to seeing what the author will produce next。

Lio ，

They're happy tears， I swear。 :'） They're happy tears， I swear。 :'） 。。。more

Katy Kelly ，

Great series finish， continues the humour and drama， read with spirit and gusto by the author。Anyone who has read books 1-3 of the 'Who Let the Gods Out' series will of course， be reading this no matter what。 The story of Elliot， unwittingly involved with the Greek Gods and their battles as he himself battles his mum's dementia has been a moving one。This final instalment follows directly on from events of the previous book， as Elliot has to make a decision that would allow him to retrieve his mo Great series finish， continues the humour and drama， read with spirit and gusto by the author。Anyone who has read books 1-3 of the 'Who Let the Gods Out' series will of course， be reading this no matter what。 The story of Elliot， unwittingly involved with the Greek Gods and their battles as he himself battles his mum's dementia has been a moving one。This final instalment follows directly on from events of the previous book， as Elliot has to make a decision that would allow him to retrieve his mother from her current location （no spoilers！！） at the potential expense of mankind。 It's very dark indeed for a children's book， Elliot as carer has always been a convincing young man， going through trials that most readers will never have considered。The Gods that have been at Elliot's side throughout are back， Virgo， Zeus and the rest， as funny and engrossing as ever。 The plot thickens， it moves quickly through set-pieces and to a conclusion we've been waiting for， with Good against Evil。 The storyline of Elliot's house and nasty teacher is also woven in， and is very satisfyingly drawn together。 Every character you remember gets their moment。I enjoyed listening to this episode， the others I've read on paper。 Maz Evans herself takes on narrator duties and does so very well indeed， with lots of energy and voices for each separate character。 If you've read the rest of the series， you really must find out what happens to Elliot and his friends。 Children aged 9-13 will also enjoy this series， and hopefully investigate Greek mythology as a result。 It's all very cleverly based on the stories and characters， with distinctly modern twists。With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy。 。。。more

Kirsten Fraser ，

Superb ending to this series of books。 Perilous， heart-warming， tear-jerking and laugh out loud。 I will miss Elliot，Virgo and particularly Hermes but look forward to sharing them with classes of the future。

D ，

Enjoyed this very much， lots of fun and some tears。 A really good series。

Kirsty Stanley ，

Ocular discharge and Snordlesnot galore 😭

Katherine ，

Utterly brilliant！ A perfect end to a perfect series。

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