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A review by itslorei
The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by D.K. Publishing
4.0
If I am going to compare this to the other Mythology books I have ( Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Rick Riordan's Greek Gods, Encyclopedia from A-Z and Iliad and Oddeyssey and Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman) I think this is a more preferable book If you want to know about the Greek, Roman, Norse and other Myths very fast and for reference I think this is a good book which comprised of different kind of Myths. Although I also recomment the Encylopedia From A-Z which contains of a lot more topics not just Myths although the only Myth in the book was Greek Mythology, I think the book did really well in summarizing them all like a reference book 80% of it. But if you are more into deeper discussion of Greek Mythology with their stories and thoroughly discussed tales then go for Edith Hamilton's Mythology the new edition.
I think there's nothing more I could say about the book since I did enjoy it and find it informative at most but I think that it was cut off or seemed like it was shortened for how it was supposed to be written and thought that it would be much better if it was a little bit longer in my opinion. Also the formatting, it kind off confused some time as I was reading but it became bearable as I go on.
In summary:
Thins I like:
1. It was very informative, it was easy to read and comprehend also the pictures that was presented in each pages made it even more pleasing and fun to read.
2. The pictures. I just love books with illustrations and pictures.
3. The newly information/ versions I never heard of it was fun to learn new things.
4. The many kinds of Myths. I didn't just get to learn new things from Greek but many more Myth around the world.
Things I don't like:
1. The formatting of how it should be read, if you've read manga comics I think you would know what I mean although I wasn't sure why it confused me .
2. The thought of the book being cut off. In my opinion, it feels like the book was cut off towards the end although I already kind of felt that it was shortened in the middle but I was kind of certain about it as it goes on, I really don't know how to explain it like they just put random reference or text and just leave it there although it was understandable it kind of felt that there's something that comes after the word.
This was a good read.
I think there's nothing more I could say about the book since I did enjoy it and find it informative at most but I think that it was cut off or seemed like it was shortened for how it was supposed to be written and thought that it would be much better if it was a little bit longer in my opinion. Also the formatting, it kind off confused some time as I was reading but it became bearable as I go on.
In summary:
Thins I like:
1. It was very informative, it was easy to read and comprehend also the pictures that was presented in each pages made it even more pleasing and fun to read.
2. The pictures. I just love books with illustrations and pictures.
3. The newly information/ versions I never heard of it was fun to learn new things.
4. The many kinds of Myths. I didn't just get to learn new things from Greek but many more Myth around the world.
Things I don't like:
1. The formatting of how it should be read, if you've read manga comics I think you would know what I mean although I wasn't sure why it confused me .
2. The thought of the book being cut off. In my opinion, it feels like the book was cut off towards the end although I already kind of felt that it was shortened in the middle but I was kind of certain about it as it goes on, I really don't know how to explain it like they just put random reference or text and just leave it there although it was understandable it kind of felt that there's something that comes after the word.
This was a good read.