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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

12 reviews

mrsjburgin's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Incest, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, War, Pedophilia, Murder, Excrement, and Death

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

 The Details:
Narrated by author
Unabridged 

What a great retelling of the origins of Greek Mythology. Fantastic storytelling with a background on more than just big players, which I really appreciated.

Fry enraptured with his storytelling and captured the legends perfectly for new learners to myth, and old.

Looking forward to continuing on with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

yossy_cookie's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This was brilliant! A great introduction to Greek mythology, well written and very easy to read. I loved how the book showed how Greek mythology has influenced our language and literature. 

The first quarter was essentially a genealogy of the ancient God's, setting up the Titans and Olympians. It was necessary but definitely slower and read more like a presentation of facts rather than story. 

I found that it got much better after the first quarter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

idkwhosara's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I chose to listen to the audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Incest, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

davbat's review

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

Really good, but I think the subject matter was just too ambitious for one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Ableism, Abandonment, Rape, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Incest, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Colonisation, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Everything in the Greek Myths.

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.25

“For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite.”

➽ I have always liked the Greek myths, so Stephen Fry's retelling was great to experience! I highly recommend the audiobook, as he's such a great narrator and makes the different stories sound so interesting! I know a bit about Greek Mythology, so I liked how Stephen Fry retold the stories in an interesting way, adding his own comments and referencing research about the origin and deviations of the myths!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

team_mosaic's review

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

literally just a retelling of greek mythology, but the tone and language feel like you're infodumping with a close friend, which is qn utter delight

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Incest, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

a_alves00's review

adventurous informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Incest, Rape, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and War

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and War

bexh's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Xenophobia