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officialgrittynhl's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
readingryan14's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
libraryjen's review
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
An interesting collection of folklore and myths from a lot of different Indigenous American cultures. I think I would have gotten more out of it had they been organized and grouped by culture, but instead they seem to be in completely random order. Some I was familiar with, others were brand new to me.
stuff4bd's review against another edition
3.75
A great way to explore myths and legends outside the common Greek ones. I would have preferred that the stories be grouped together for a better flow.
ljm1028's review
Stopped reading mostly because I was expecting longer stories but also because an animal died in one and I wasn't interested enough to get past it.
sandy_reads_books's review against another edition
I love so much that this book exists and especially that it exists in Spanish as well. I loved reading it and everything that this book is about. I love that it doesn’t acknowledge borders, choosing rather to refer to this collection of stories as a collection of stories from America and distinguishing only between different cultures. I love that this book includes stories from so many different cultures (with my one wish being that I wish this book was more balanced in terms of where geographically the stories come from with the emphasis being much heavier on Central and South America). I think a favorite of mine was definitely Lobo from the Inuit culture.
candelibri's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.5
I really enjoyed this - basically a collection of stories from a variety of cultures (Aztec, Mayan, and Nahua of Mexico, as well as a few Ojibwe, Blackfoot, and Hopi from North America and one Inuit from Alaska, I believe). The format was not organized by group but alphabetically by story so it was a bit jarring from an audiobook perspective, however an incredibly important work!
oliviastormyeadon's review
3.0
I wanted to love this book but I don’t think it translated well to an audiobook. I love history told in poems/short stories but this just didn’t do it for me.
bookitmik's review
I’m not sure why I didn’t enjoy this. It was just hard for me to get into the stories.
I think because these are more like story outlines. If they were told in context, there would be more details and clearer lesson and better storycraft.
Maybe I’ll try again with the actual book instead of audiobook.
I think because these are more like story outlines. If they were told in context, there would be more details and clearer lesson and better storycraft.
Maybe I’ll try again with the actual book instead of audiobook.