Netgalley: Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook by Liv Albert, Sara Richard (Illustrator)

 

Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology by Liv Albert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the greatest handbook on mythology that I would love to own. The author have done such an amazing job in her division of the book's chapters and I loved the idea of the three titles in order to introduce the reader to every myth, making it in the process so easy/simple to read and discover. So , you have the first title which is "What's Her/His/their Deal(s)?" as a general introduction for each character of the Greek mythology, then, you have the second title "The Story You NeedTo Know" and finally "Now You Know". I just enjoyed it and I 'm sure that this book will made the life so easy for many many readers when you see that a lot of authors these days are writing stories or retellings based on Greek mythology. by the way, I liked the selection of reference works used by the author in order to help the reader.

What you need to know mainly about ancient Greeks and their myths or beliefs is that they were crazy like really mad, they were misogynists most of the time, xenophobes, Kidnapers, seek revenge as a hobby, such a big Drama Queens, they have absolutely no notion of what is justice and let's not forget about cannibalism, yep! The harmed victims are most of the time transformed into either flowers or birds and the villains are punished in the afterworld in such an imaginative way. The retellings are so better and have more sense if you ask me!

Anyway, I would love to read more from Liv Albert and the Greek myths and let's not forget the wonderful illustrations by Sara Richard that made the book so alive.

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