A review by droar
Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities by Hamish Steele

5.0

A delightful & startling coherent retelling of some of the major points of Egyptian mythology (with plenty of side eye & scandal, like you do) with lovely cartoon-y illustrations. You know when you're a kid & you get way way way too obsessed with a particular (usually gross) topic? Ancient Egypt was my obsession, well mummies were at least & it kinda spiraled out from there. I would have absolutely, positively loved this book as a child. I distinctly remember being really bummed that I couldn't find a simple mythology for Egypt at my local library & this would have filled my needs so well (I mean, it's not exactly kids appropes, lots of wieners, but I would have happily read it). Reading it as an adult was wonderful, but I guess I wanted a little more (it's maybe a 4-4.5 star for me, but I figured I'd not punish the book for not living up to my ephemeral nostalgia desires) depth either in the story itself or in little nonfiction-y asides. Any who, it's a great book & I highly recommend it for fans of mythology, goofy comics, and all things ancient Egypt!