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76 reviews for:
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
Donna Jo Napoli
3.78 AVERAGE
76 reviews for:
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
Donna Jo Napoli
3.78 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
⭐️⭐️✨️ 2 5 stars
The illustrations are beautiful. They definitely could have done much more research.
The illustrations are beautiful. They definitely could have done much more research.
It's really hard to keep it straight with everyone's tales twisting together... The author did a good job at putting it all into basic terms considering its already a lot to grasp. I loved the illustrations to give my brain a rest! :)
Interesting structure and overview of the gods, goddesses et al, but I had some issues with it. One of the biggest was that the goddesses were often discussed most specifically with who they were married to and who their children and the gods are usually discussed by their actions. Also, there was a judgmental tone to the goddesses actions, like Hera being called a nag because she was mad Zeus when off sleeping with everyone. Why is there judgement on her attitude? Can we even know what her attitude was? What were her ACTIONS. It makes it even more frustrated as this is a kids book.
I also found some of the sections on the particular god/goddess got off to an odd start, I understand it makes sense to start with the parents but often it felt like it took a long time to get to that god/goddess and what THEY did. I felt (again), this was particularly the case with the goddesses.
I'm sure as a print book it would look amazing, but reading on Kindle I felt like I was missing out. I did enjoy that each section started with an image of the god/goddess/hero, but the section that has all the charts was obviously suppose to fit on 2 pages but doens't read well digitally. The map was way to small to read anything. The timeline at the end of the book was great though.
I also found some of the sections on the particular god/goddess got off to an odd start, I understand it makes sense to start with the parents but often it felt like it took a long time to get to that god/goddess and what THEY did. I felt (again), this was particularly the case with the goddesses.
I'm sure as a print book it would look amazing, but reading on Kindle I felt like I was missing out. I did enjoy that each section started with an image of the god/goddess/hero, but the section that has all the charts was obviously suppose to fit on 2 pages but doens't read well digitally. The map was way to small to read anything. The timeline at the end of the book was great though.
informative
medium-paced
The two main things that made me rate this book less are:
One; They forgot to mention how Poseidon raped Medusa. And made it seem like they are lovers and are married.
Two; They mentioned that non existent country's name n it pissed me off 🤷
One; They forgot to mention how Poseidon raped Medusa. And made it seem like they are lovers and are married.
Two; They mentioned that non existent country's name n it pissed me off 🤷
informative
medium-paced
I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style of the book, but aside from that the stories are crazy I didn’t know a lot of the lore. The illustrations were also gorgeous
An outstanding collection of Greek myths. Sure to be a hit with my mythology loving students.
I’ve always loved Greek mythology so I was hoping this would go more in depth but it was more of a quick notes of mythology than anything. A good, quick read but hoping to find something that really goes into detail.
Pretty impressed with this one all around. The narration was AMAZING, and the writing itself with succinct and remarkably well put together. The narratives flowed from one to the next in an arrangement that actually *made sense.* Truly a rarity. Good info, simply delivered, and fun extra notes!
I enjoy Greek mythology so I wanted to check this out when I heard of it. I enjoyed the artwork and stories, read the whole thing in about two days. The stories got a bit confusing at times because there are so many names to keep track of, I wish there was a better family tree or chart.