A review by marionm
Greek Mythology: Gods and Heroes Brought to Life by Robert Garland

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.5

Greek Mythology: Gods and Heroes Brought to Life by Robert Garland

Thank you to Pen & Sword History and Netgalley for this copy

This was a very interesting book! A voice is given to the Gods/Goddesses and Heroes as they tell us their stories. It is a nice way to be introduced to Greek Mythology as each of the stories are quite short and in a specific order: the character introduced at the end of a story is the one narrating the next one.

As someone who does not know much about Greek Mythology yet, I found the writing style easy to read and the humour was a bonus. Only some expressions seemed a bit out of place sometimes. A lot of information is given and I wish my brain could remember all of it, even though I don’t mind forgetting some of the gruesome details😅

The author explains that these stories can be told in many different ways depending on the person writing them and so, got me interested in reading more to compare them.

I do recommend this book to beginners (like me) as well as non-beginners looking for a new approach to the myths✨