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A review by kalikoblack
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O'Brien
5.0
The author actually has a PhD and got sick of how serious people take mythical tales, so he wanted to make them sound stupid and childish. Basically to poke fun at the people who take it too seriously.
It's not a book for sitting down and reading cover to cover. It's a coffee table book meant to be picked up briefly by guests, or when you're waiting for your toast to pop or whatever. For what it is suppose to be, the book is amazing. It provides short crude glimpses into the crude lives of gods. It de-glamorizes/de-romanticizes mythology from around the world. It's written in a simplistic way that the non-reader can digest.
It's hilarious. Buy it, let it sit on your coffee table for a while, then give it to a friend to sit on their coffee table for a while.
It's not a book for sitting down and reading cover to cover. It's a coffee table book meant to be picked up briefly by guests, or when you're waiting for your toast to pop or whatever. For what it is suppose to be, the book is amazing. It provides short crude glimpses into the crude lives of gods. It de-glamorizes/de-romanticizes mythology from around the world. It's written in a simplistic way that the non-reader can digest.
It's hilarious. Buy it, let it sit on your coffee table for a while, then give it to a friend to sit on their coffee table for a while.