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Mythos by Stephen Fry

3 reviews

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 The Details:
Narrated by author
Unabridged 

What a great retelling of the origins of Greek Mythology. Fantastic storytelling with a background on more than just big players, which I really appreciated.

Fry enraptured with his storytelling and captured the legends perfectly for new learners to myth, and old.

Looking forward to continuing on with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.0

An incredible undertaking. 

Stephen Fry breathes life into these many myths, giving the characters dialogue and making these numerous stories much more digestible for the reader. What could have been a very meandering and confusing book was as concise as it could be considering the large subject matter. The audiobook is narrated by Stephen Fry himself which I enjoyed immensely. 

Highly recommend if you love mythology and history, he weaves the two together through out the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death, War, and Chronic illness

whirl's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

The book is very well written and I liked how the stories were told in a more modern voice. Personally I would have enjoyed it more if there were fewer stories but each a bit longer. There were often long sections between stories just explaining how everyone is relayed to everything. And while that is interesting, there was just too much detail to be able to remember all of it. So I would’ve preferred if it was a little less in-depth and thorough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Incest, Grief, Gore, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, and Cannibalism

Minor: Stalking and Slavery