renss's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
vanessa_issa's review against another edition
2.0
Leitura interessante, que reúne ícones da mitologia de diversas partes do mundo. Porém, é um livro bem básico mesmo, não se aprofunda em nenhum assunto. Senti falta de mais ilustrações.
regitzexenia's review against another edition
2.0
I liked that it didn’t focus solely on Greek, Roman and Norse mythology. But despite that, it is a stretch to call it “world mythology” as there’s without a doubt many which haven’t been included. The writing was very superficial and very generic. This lives up to it’s name - bite-sized indeed without much depth or nuance. I don’t feel like I know or understand much more now than before.
readaroundtherosie's review against another edition
2.0
Super generic, kind of poorly written, and cites Wikipedia as a source, so. At least the cover is pretty.
piper_sh's review against another edition
3.0
It is exactly what it says it is.
Different Mythologies of different parts of the world.
If you simply want to get a rough idea this is the book for you.
If you are looking for something with a bit more depth I wouldn´t
recommend this book to you.
Different Mythologies of different parts of the world.
If you simply want to get a rough idea this is the book for you.
If you are looking for something with a bit more depth I wouldn´t
recommend this book to you.
bookishbuddies's review against another edition
2.0
2,5 stars!
This book was quite a disappointment. The premise sounded very interesting, but the execution was definitely lacking. I am quite happy that there was also quite some information about lots of different mythologies across the world, but nonetheless I am still disappointed that the majority of the book was made up of the (same old, same old) Greek and Roman mythology you see in every book. I would have liked for the focus to be on something else for a change.
In addition to this, most of the parts and stories in this book felt very disjointed and fragmented. I get that the book is called "World Mythology in Bite-Sized Chunks", but I feel like the overall book (and even each individual chapter) could have been made more cohesive. As it is right now, the book just jumped from one place/story/character to another without any sort of explanation or introduction and this really grated on my nerves.
All in all, this book was definitely interesting, but the focus should have been more on actual world mythology than on the standard Greek and Roman mythologies. I also think this book should have been edited more to flow a lot better, because right now it felt very chunky (see what I did there? ha. ha.)
This book was quite a disappointment. The premise sounded very interesting, but the execution was definitely lacking. I am quite happy that there was also quite some information about lots of different mythologies across the world, but nonetheless I am still disappointed that the majority of the book was made up of the (same old, same old) Greek and Roman mythology you see in every book. I would have liked for the focus to be on something else for a change.
In addition to this, most of the parts and stories in this book felt very disjointed and fragmented. I get that the book is called "World Mythology in Bite-Sized Chunks", but I feel like the overall book (and even each individual chapter) could have been made more cohesive. As it is right now, the book just jumped from one place/story/character to another without any sort of explanation or introduction and this really grated on my nerves.
All in all, this book was definitely interesting, but the focus should have been more on actual world mythology than on the standard Greek and Roman mythologies. I also think this book should have been edited more to flow a lot better, because right now it felt very chunky (see what I did there? ha. ha.)
coconut_reader's review against another edition
4.0
Very informative book about nine different mythologies, my favourite being the Greek tales.
I really enjoyed reading this book, picking it up to read a story every so often. Definitely one to keep on my shelf to look back on. Not too heavy, an easy read.
I really enjoyed reading this book, picking it up to read a story every so often. Definitely one to keep on my shelf to look back on. Not too heavy, an easy read.
bookish_spoonie's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars
A decent overview of World Mythology. It was interesting and I learnt quite a bit but it was rather lacking and there could have been much more detail and covered more areas of the world. I especially would have liked more middle eastern and African information.
A decent overview of World Mythology. It was interesting and I learnt quite a bit but it was rather lacking and there could have been much more detail and covered more areas of the world. I especially would have liked more middle eastern and African information.