A review by thekuster
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Really great audiobook read by the author Natalie Haynes.
I have always loved mythology and generally with my bad memory, forget them shortly after I've heard/read them (see Stephen Fry's Mythos or Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology). This allows me to hear them over and over again and still enjoy them every time.
In Natalie Haynes' Pandora's Jar - not only are we told about the women in Greek Myth, which are lesser known, but we are given additional context in the form of multiple sources - plays, poems, paintings, artwork. Compared to other books I've read on mythology - this paints a fuller, richer picture and one that has windows into multiple alternative versions.
Natalie Haynes is an incredible story-teller and now easily one of my favourite authors when it comes to mythology.
I have always loved mythology and generally with my bad memory, forget them shortly after I've heard/read them (see Stephen Fry's Mythos or Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology). This allows me to hear them over and over again and still enjoy them every time.
In Natalie Haynes' Pandora's Jar - not only are we told about the women in Greek Myth, which are lesser known, but we are given additional context in the form of multiple sources - plays, poems, paintings, artwork. Compared to other books I've read on mythology - this paints a fuller, richer picture and one that has windows into multiple alternative versions.
Natalie Haynes is an incredible story-teller and now easily one of my favourite authors when it comes to mythology.