Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

3.97 AVERAGE

andre21's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous informative relaxing medium-paced
I like:
  • It gives you the sources so you can go an read the original texts if you want to. The stories are told superficially (some more than others) but with enough detail to leave you wanting to know more.
  • A good overview of the main gods and heroes and their relation between each other.
  • Good for reference. No need to read from start to finish (still recommended but can be a little slow due to the author's explanations at the beginning of each chapter) I can see myself going back to reread about certain topics. 

Didn't Like:
  • Norse section. Too small to care and out of place. I could undertand if she published a norse only book and this was a small teaser, which as far as I know she didn't.
  • Source layout. She could have done a small table at the beginning of each paragraph with an overview of the chapter, sources, etc. Instead of paragraphs explaining it. 
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reecha's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous informative medium-paced
This book was informative. I think it could have definitely been more organized. Also, the Norse gods section at the end was 100% unnecessary. There wasn't a need to add it. 
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tyler_j's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 5%
 DNF'd. If you hate Pagans, maybe don't write about Pagan history 

ediereadsss's review against another edition

5.0
Test me on this shit. I’m ready
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itslorei's review against another edition

3.0
As much as I wanted to give this a 5 stars, I just can't. So here's my thoughts about it.

Things I like:

1. I like how informative the book was. I did learn more about Greek Myths because of this book.

2. The Ilustrations were very pretty (since I got the Hardcover one) and the cover as well it was so catchy.

3. As well as the bonus part of the Norse Mythology.

Things I didn't like:

1. As I said the writing was confusing. I find the writing confusing and tend to make the telling and showing a little bit way more longer.

Things I wish that happened to the book:

1. I hope that they also did included an Illustration of the Greek Gods and Goddesses, it would be really great and I think it won't hurt at all if they were all placed in one page and more illustrations since some readers- including me love illustrations so much considering the price of the hardcover and it would make it really worth it.

OVERALL, it was an informative and very dreamy book with all the illustrations just added my interest in it and will definitely reread this in the future . In terms of recommendations, I still recommend this.

izzylashley's review against another edition

5.0
Lovely novel full of the rich mythologies of green, Roman, and Norse history. I read it when I was younger in high school but I decided to pick it up again to reorient myself with the traditional tails after having read so many different retellings of the various myths. I’m always a huge fan of mythology so this was directly in my corner, Edith Hamilton does a good job and talking about the histories of each story, who wrote them and when and in goes in depth to almost every tale without being boring

reading_one_more_book's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous informative medium-paced
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roxymaybe's review against another edition

4.0
Better as a reference than something to read cover to cover. You can tell it was published in 1942 by the author's comments on culture, but mercifully those are rare. I have no idea why there's a tiny section on Norse mythology at the end though.

mar_mar_123's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional funny informative relaxing fast-paced

blankpagediaries's review against another edition

3.0
Finally finished this book after 6 months... its not bad I just don't have the attention span to finish it