17 reviews for:

Myths And Legends

Anthony Horowitz

3.62 AVERAGE

marissalikestoread's review against another edition

4.0

Lively retellings of old stories from around the world (but mostly from ancient Greece). Horowitz doesn't flesh out the stories a great deal, but he does add witty lines, such as:

- "Thor and Loki stood sheepishly while the goddess of love glared at them with remarkably little love in her eyes."

- "Hypaepae didn't have a village green. It had a village moldy brown."

bexcairo's review against another edition

1.0

This star is only for Francis Mosley as I completely fell in love with his illustrations and completely abhorred the writing of this myth collection.

1) Unsure why Greek mythology gets all the representation and other cultures only get one or two measly tales— it’s hardly a collection from “around the world”

2) There are many tales in this collection that are just blatantly racist. I don’t know if that is from the original myths or not (I was unfamiliar with many of these stories), but there is no commentary or consciousness on Horowitz’s part, he just perpetuates the problematic narratives (again, if he didn’t fully craft them himself)

3) In a similar vein, Horowitz perpetuates rape culture with his writing. In so so so many of these myths he continues a rape narrative that is frankly just glorifying the violent act. It’s ridiculous that there is no consciousness or acknowledgement of it in the writing.

mike1's review

5.0

I enjoyed this retelling of this book and there is also different kinds of mythology in this book.

souljaleonn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

goodem9199's review against another edition

Anthony Horowitz is best known for the Alex Rider series, which has been popular in our library with upper elementary and middle school readers, especially boys. In "Myths and Legends," he offers up several short stories, including classics such as "Pandora's Box." Most of the myths were Greek. All the stories were interesting, simple, and easily understandable. I would highly recommend this, especially because of the increased interest in mythology due to the Percy Jackson craze. It's a nice introduction to the magnificent world of legends as it leaves a lot of space for exploration. Everything is explained nicely and more like fairy tales, so I would consider this a jumping-off point for someone just starting to read mythology.

aiolichan's review

2.0

it was ok. very easy to read. it would've been nice to have more variety in the stories. almost half of them were greek.

bookadorist's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.5

mikielimax's review against another edition

5.0

This is a very good book of stories. Each story was very entertaining and I would suggest it to anyone looking for an easy read!

th18's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

I don't like the way he depicted women at all (when all of them were said to be skinny or stupid or vain/obsessed with men  as well as lack of female representation overall and the fact that all of them were said beautiful but there were multiple men that were said to be old/fat) or the way he glossed over rape, especially with Pan

demjin_64's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0