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Moderate: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, War
Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Self harm, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abandonment
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.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy
What do you even say about a book like Mythos? To say that it was refreshingly wonderful will be an understatement. Very rarely have I read a book on mythology which does not read like a book on mythology. This book is like a fireside conversation with Fry where he regales you with some disturbing, some hilarious stories about seemingly old friends (except these friends are Greek gods with unpronounceable names and their antics have cosmic and cataclysmic consequences).
Stephen Fry talks about Greek myths as someone who knows how weirdly twisted it all is but loves it regardless and wants other people to see and appreciate them for what they really are at the end of the day, stories. In his own words “And pleasure is what immersing yourself in the world of Greek myth is all about”. He doesn’t care if you get the names wrong or if you don’t have prior knowledge of Greek myths, all he wants to do is tell these fascinating stories, stories for you to love and enjoy, and love and enjoy them you will.
I haven’t read a better book on mythology really, hands down one of my favourites. I’m so very excited to read Heroes and Troy too now. *jumps up and down while clapping excitedly*
Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence