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Mythos by Stephen Fry

8 reviews

mrsjburgin's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Incest, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, War, Pedophilia, Murder, Excrement, and Death

majestictrilobite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Rape, War, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Incest, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Sexism

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

corallig's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Rape, War, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Violence

team_mosaic's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

literally just a retelling of greek mythology, but the tone and language feel like you're infodumping with a close friend, which is qn utter delight

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Incest, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was such a fun way of reminding me of my favorite class in college.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gore, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, and Transphobia

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A very fun and informative retelling of the Greek myths as told by Stephan Fry himself. The author describes how he took the myths and gave there his own spin while staying true to the stories themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, Infidelity, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, War, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

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