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Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O'Brien

cortaknee9's review

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4.0

Funny retelling of common myths from all religions.

djnerdy12's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

mstewy28's review

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funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

skylabeouf's review

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funny informative fast-paced

5.0

aceinit's review

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3.0

Despite a decided overabundance of dick jokes (no, seriously, this book is at least 50% dick jokes), and some (ok, a lot of ) lowest common denominator humor, it was still an amusing read. A lot of the novelty started to wear off after the Norse section (because, again, there are only so many times a dick joke can be funny after just reading 20 other dick jokes), but there was enough to keep me at least semi-entertained until the end.

gormless's review

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funny fast-paced

3.0

A short summary of all the stories in a what the fuck was happening kind of way. 
Basically what everyone is really thinking when we hear stories of religion 

tzana's review

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funny informative relaxing medium-paced

3.75

Someone on Tumblr said it's like reading a mythology book written by Deadpool and it's the best description 

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

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funny informative fast-paced

3.5

alexyrouse94's review

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2.0

This book is funny, but I don't think exactly up my alley. I always try to read books that have been recommended to me immediately and my uncle gave this to me because he thought it was funny. And he's right! I'd just like to go on to something with a plot now. But hey, look at my first ACTUAL Goodreads entry!

shrrawat's review

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funny informative fast-paced

4.0

 A bit crude, but that's ultimately part of the charm of a book about retelling myths as a weird story one of your drugged-out friends decided to grace you with. Some of the humor has (and will continue) to age, but I did enjoy a more unconventional take on some familiar (and not so familiar) stories.