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A review by bexcairo
Myths and Legends by Anthony Horowitz
1.0
This star is only for Francis Mosley as I completely fell in love with his illustrations and completely abhorred the writing of this myth collection.
1) Unsure why Greek mythology gets all the representation and other cultures only get one or two measly tales— it’s hardly a collection from “around the world”
2) There are many tales in this collection that are just blatantly racist. I don’t know if that is from the original myths or not (I was unfamiliar with many of these stories), but there is no commentary or consciousness on Horowitz’s part, he just perpetuates the problematic narratives (again, if he didn’t fully craft them himself)
3) In a similar vein, Horowitz perpetuates rape culture with his writing. In so so so many of these myths he continues a rape narrative that is frankly just glorifying the violent act. It’s ridiculous that there is no consciousness or acknowledgement of it in the writing.
1) Unsure why Greek mythology gets all the representation and other cultures only get one or two measly tales— it’s hardly a collection from “around the world”
2) There are many tales in this collection that are just blatantly racist. I don’t know if that is from the original myths or not (I was unfamiliar with many of these stories), but there is no commentary or consciousness on Horowitz’s part, he just perpetuates the problematic narratives (again, if he didn’t fully craft them himself)
3) In a similar vein, Horowitz perpetuates rape culture with his writing. In so so so many of these myths he continues a rape narrative that is frankly just glorifying the violent act. It’s ridiculous that there is no consciousness or acknowledgement of it in the writing.