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A review by rosekk
Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales: Epic Tales by
3.0
This was an odd collection. I really liked some of the stories, and I liked the scope of the collection (geographically, I mean). What I liked less was the way the tone & style of the writing shifted randomly. There were sections that were more text-book like, explaining the mythical figures as though from the perspective of someone studying the cultures they're form. At other times the stories were presented as though being told directly, like a fairy tale. Some parts did both, with the narrative mostly aping the 'oral' story-telling style common to myths and fairy tales, with random explanations mixed into paragraphs. It made the book hard to get into in spite of the interesting stories, because if you started investing in them as stories the immersion would be broken by an out of place sentence.
Merged review:
This was an odd collection. I really liked some of the stories, and I liked the scope of the collection (geographically, I mean). What I liked less was the way the tone & style of the writing shifted randomly. There were sections that were more text-book like, explaining the mythical figures as though from the perspective of someone studying the cultures they're form. At other times the stories were presented as though being told directly, like a fairy tale. Some parts did both, with the narrative mostly aping the 'oral' story-telling style common to myths and fairy tales, with random explanations mixed into paragraphs. It made the book hard to get into in spite of the interesting stories, because if you started investing in them as stories the immersion would be broken by an out of place sentence.
Merged review:
This was an odd collection. I really liked some of the stories, and I liked the scope of the collection (geographically, I mean). What I liked less was the way the tone & style of the writing shifted randomly. There were sections that were more text-book like, explaining the mythical figures as though from the perspective of someone studying the cultures they're form. At other times the stories were presented as though being told directly, like a fairy tale. Some parts did both, with the narrative mostly aping the 'oral' story-telling style common to myths and fairy tales, with random explanations mixed into paragraphs. It made the book hard to get into in spite of the interesting stories, because if you started investing in them as stories the immersion would be broken by an out of place sentence.