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Mythos: De Griekse mythen herverteld by Stephen Fry

49 reviews

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

amelie09's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

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

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Animal death, Gore, Incest, and Sexual assault

mooshake's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content and Rape

kirame's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Murder, Rape, Infidelity, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, War, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, and Gaslighting

sprinumter's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Stephen Fry takes you on a divine journey across Greek mythology, explaining detail after detail of the lives, loves, and lies of each of the gods and goddesses. I probably would never have known as much about myths as I do now as I can retell the origins of something as simple as honey! Spoken in the audiobook, Fry’s voice is easy to listen to and animated, although I do recommend listening on an increased speed!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

goodolmc's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Violence

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

nessas_lair's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I listened to this book on Audible and I loved the narration! I am a huge fan of Greek myths and I thought this was one of the most enjoyable retellings I've ever read before. This covers everything from the family tree to myths based on certain themes like Crime and Punishment to famous myths related to each god or goddess in the Pantheon. Fry's retelling style of the myths is so fun because he adds in casual, fictional dialogue for the characters in the myths and retells the myth in a unique way. There's also a lengthy appendix for more information on the history etc. I'd definitely recommend this if you enjoy Greek myths! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Incest, Violence, Gore, and Rape