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A review by radella_hardwick
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire by Bettany Hughes
3.0
This claims to be a biography of Aphrodite and Venus, and Hughes tries to touch on everything from the Akkadian Ishtar up to Lady Gaga lyrics. However, the choice to make this book less than 250 pages means that all we get is a Brief touch, not the rigorous detail of a thorough biography or an academic text.
Moreover, Hughes' conclusions come off just as her interpretation of the evidence she's chosen to present. You can see how she got there but there are another half a dozen interpretations that could be put on that evidence, without the added complication of alternative evidence she excluded. There's no construction of an argument, just a laying out of evidence with a conclusion tacked on the end.
Moreover, Hughes' conclusions come off just as her interpretation of the evidence she's chosen to present. You can see how she got there but there are another half a dozen interpretations that could be put on that evidence, without the added complication of alternative evidence she excluded. There's no construction of an argument, just a laying out of evidence with a conclusion tacked on the end.