Reviews for Morpheus

The average rating for Morpheus based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-07-05 00:00:00 Nicole Drolet-russell Basically "Where are They Now: Greek Mythological Figures". I'd recommend brushing up on Greek Mythology before reading. I was really into mythology as a teenager but had forgotten a lot of the stories an figures. There is a small glossary at the end of the book, but not quite enough to get me up to speed. Once I brushed up on things, it was an enjoyable book. Short stories about mythological beings after the fall of the gods and dealing with their remaining issues in the modern world, such as yearning for human interaction and getting over betrayal.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-24 00:00:00 Shane Boyer This novel was a clever idea. WFB portrayed two historical tangents from conventional conservatism by having the reader see them through the eyes of devotees who eventually are disillusioned by the shortcomings of these philosophies. One was a member of the John Birch Society and one was a staff member who worked for Ayn Rand and helped her in the promotion of Objectivism. Both characters were very likable and Buckley has them fall in love and grapple with each other's political and philosophical perspectives. It is anti-Communist and pro-Capitalist throughout, but shows how Robert Welch and Ayn Rand both threatened to ruin the gains being made by more mainline right-wingers like Barry Goldwater and Buckley himself. I'm sure the author had fun showing the ugly side of both of these extremists, because both had despised WFB as the embodiment of a conservatism that demanded that faith and reason both operate in unison without abandoning the other. (Which is the fault of each of these weird Uncle members of the conservative family.) The novel begins with the failed uprising to throw off Soviet influence in Hungary and ends shortly after Goldwater's defeat. The novel was strong and was a great story that kept me captivated until the Goldwater era when the history seems to out-shout the story. If the whole book had kept the pace and interest of the first two-thirds, I would have given it the full five stars.