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4.09 AVERAGE
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Natalie Haynes is really informative, and I love her casual writing style - it feels like being in conversation with that one teacher you really like. I am just not the biggest fan of the nonfiction explanation/analysis of myths and mythological characters. It was cool to read, but I didn't really learn anything new. To be honest, that's on me for having read a lot of the source material.
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It’s a Natalie Haynes book, so that should go without saying that it’s a five-star read for me.
Divine Might, similar to Pandora’s Jar, is a walkthrough of several Greek goddesses (and not always who you’d expect - the muses and furies earn the opening and closing chapters). I would have loved to see a deeper dive from Haynes on each, but even with that, there’s a lot crammed into this book, including references to myths I was unfamiliar with.
Chiefly this book looks at the goddesses in their time and how they’re reflected in our own and you can hear Haynes’s voice even in the non-audio version if you’re familiar with her lectures online or radio program.
I recommend it both for those unfamiliar to Greek mythology and die-hard fans.
Divine Might, similar to Pandora’s Jar, is a walkthrough of several Greek goddesses (and not always who you’d expect - the muses and furies earn the opening and closing chapters). I would have loved to see a deeper dive from Haynes on each, but even with that, there’s a lot crammed into this book, including references to myths I was unfamiliar with.
Chiefly this book looks at the goddesses in their time and how they’re reflected in our own and you can hear Haynes’s voice even in the non-audio version if you’re familiar with her lectures online or radio program.
I recommend it both for those unfamiliar to Greek mythology and die-hard fans.
4 for the content, but I really really want to give 3 for the horrible formatting of the book. Very long chapters with not even paragraphs to separate them. Not to mention the complete omission of dialogue markers that made certain parts of the book (especially Athena and the Furies) extremely annoying to read.