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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
Love these Olympians graphic novels. They provide a very balanced view of the gods, and it's clear he's done a ton of research for each of his installments.
this is really cool because of the way the book depicts Athena as strong, even though she is different. I loved how feisty Athena is with her father. the strong tension between her and both her father and her uncle Poseidon show she is very independent.
I loved reading this story about Athena. I found the art to be beautiful as well.
Informative. Love the extra info pages in the back. It's great that it covers heroes, monsters, deities that appear in the stories.
I've never seen Andromeda represented with dark skin before. As a princess of Ethiopia, that makes a lot of sense!
I used to really like Athena for what she represented, but man does she curse a lot of people. It's weird to have a book devoted to Athena, and have a bunch of stories that paint her in such an unflattering light. But maybe that's just me bringing my adult sensibilities into it.
I've never seen Andromeda represented with dark skin before. As a princess of Ethiopia, that makes a lot of sense!
I used to really like Athena for what she represented, but man does she curse a lot of people. It's weird to have a book devoted to Athena, and have a bunch of stories that paint her in such an unflattering light. But maybe that's just me bringing my adult sensibilities into it.
Another good one. Better than some, not as good as some of the others. But overall, I love stories featuring Athena, so I was all for this.
Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess by George O'Connor is the follow up to Zeus: King of the Gods. It was short listed for a Cybils award in the young adult graphic novel category.
The book tells of the life and times of Athena through a series of short episodes. It's a decent introduction to her myths in Greek mythology and might be fun for kids who have read the Rick Riordan books.
There's no doubt that Greek mythology is hot stuff right now in tween and YA books. It's probably the Percy Jackson effect. There's an influx of graphic novels inspired by Greek mythology, including graphic novel retellings of the Percy Jackson books (post link to Lightning Thief gn review).
While I'm normally a raving fan of pretty much anything published by First Second, Athena wasn't my cup of tea. Athena didn't stand out among the crowd of these Greek myth graphic novels. It's a perfectly adequate retelling but it wasn't an outstanding example.
The book tells of the life and times of Athena through a series of short episodes. It's a decent introduction to her myths in Greek mythology and might be fun for kids who have read the Rick Riordan books.
There's no doubt that Greek mythology is hot stuff right now in tween and YA books. It's probably the Percy Jackson effect. There's an influx of graphic novels inspired by Greek mythology, including graphic novel retellings of the Percy Jackson books (post link to Lightning Thief gn review).
While I'm normally a raving fan of pretty much anything published by First Second, Athena wasn't my cup of tea. Athena didn't stand out among the crowd of these Greek myth graphic novels. It's a perfectly adequate retelling but it wasn't an outstanding example.
adventurous
dark
informative
medium-paced