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Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

7 reviews

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Incest, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: War

lucyatoz's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I listened to Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures read by the author, which I borrowed as a audiobook from my local library. I love Stephen Fry's distinctive voice and his genuine insight and passion for the subject matter really brought Heroes to life for me.

Heroes is the 2nd book in the Mythology genre that I have read written by Stephen. I still adored and appreciated the way that the stories and myths were told, very much tongue in cheek! However, I found this one to be a denser read than Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, with longer chapters and more mortals and gods names to learn.

I give this a 4 star review. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Death, Murder, and Suicide attempt

slofie's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Animal death, and Death

tuesdaye's review

funny informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Incest, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and War

rzh's review

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

an endearing, deeply informative and riveting retelling of some of the best ancient greek myths. i loved the footnotes and the background information, and fry occasionally taking creative license with each story adds colour and dimensions to the stories that black-and-white recountings or translations do not. the genealogical sections were at times hard to follow but fry does make it about as clear as possible! really really enjoyed this. 4 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Murder, Abandonment, War, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Infidelity, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Blood

maddiemaxwell123's review

adventurous funny informative fast-paced

5.0

listening to the audiobook definitely helped me with enjoyment because it is a lot to take in, good follow up to mythos and provides an as solid as possible introduction and timeline of the age of heroes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, and Sexual violence

avadore's review

adventurous informative relaxing medium-paced

Yeah I finish books sometimes instead of just starting them, nbd

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Violence

All the content warnings apply to pretty well known myths, I think if you could get a hold of the chapter titles you would be able to look up where it might get more challenging.