Suur One reviewed Mythos by Stephen Fry
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4 stars
My problem with Greek Mythology has always been so many names and not getting the full story but just knowing snippets from here and there. Of course it's not Stephen Fry's fault that the subject matter is difficult, but I still kind of suffered with so many names and characters involved and the beginning of the book was almost like a list of names. Still, Stephen's way of telling the myths with funny remarks and connections to modern language was informative and at the same time entertaining. And "reading" this as an audiobook there was the added bonus of narration by Stephen Fry himself, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I somehow found the book to lack consistency, though, with some myths presented in an almost serious way and others presented in a funny (in the sense of British humor) way. But it had to be good anyway to keep me interested …
My problem with Greek Mythology has always been so many names and not getting the full story but just knowing snippets from here and there. Of course it's not Stephen Fry's fault that the subject matter is difficult, but I still kind of suffered with so many names and characters involved and the beginning of the book was almost like a list of names. Still, Stephen's way of telling the myths with funny remarks and connections to modern language was informative and at the same time entertaining. And "reading" this as an audiobook there was the added bonus of narration by Stephen Fry himself, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I somehow found the book to lack consistency, though, with some myths presented in an almost serious way and others presented in a funny (in the sense of British humor) way. But it had to be good anyway to keep me interested for all those hours, which nothing written about Greek mythology has accomplished so far previously despite the fact that there are very captivating stories.