I prefer to praise the work for what it is: a full translation of the Harivaṃśa for the general public that makes the earliest stories of Kṛṣṇa widely available to scholars and devotees alike, for their edification and their reading pleasure simultaneously.
Simon Brodbeck was born in the north-west of England and educated at the universities of Cambridge and London. He has worked at the universities of Edinburgh, London, and Cardiff (the latter since 2008), and also for the Clay Sanskrit Library. His research career has focused on the Sanskrit Mahabharata and its component parts, using philological, philosophical, and gender-studies approaches.