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Yara Shahidi recommended The Odyssey in Books (curated)

 
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Homer, E.V. Rieu, Peter Jones, Dominic Rieu | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
7.3 (17 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The Odyssey” was first book I read with my Grampie at four-years-old and was my introduction to the mesmerizing tales of Roman and Greek Mythology. Not only is this book a classic, with plenty of recognizable tales, but truly a whimsical experience of triumph, love, and hardship."

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Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated A Promise of Fire in Books

Jul 5, 2018  
A Promise of Fire
A Promise of Fire
Amanda Bouchet | 2016 | Romance, Young Adult (YA)
10
9.5 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Ancient Greece, without a doubt, is my favourite period of history and Greek mythology has always intrigued me.

Weirdly, this was my first book with a Greek mythological theme and I can't say I wasn't blown away.

And to top it all, it was one of the best sizzling romances I have read in a while...I mean you could feel the heat.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2017/03/read-harder-debut-novel.html
  
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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated The Shadow Behind the Stars in Books

Apr 7, 2019  
The Shadow Behind the Stars
The Shadow Behind the Stars
Rebecca Hahn | 2015 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
2
2.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A Tragedy
This book puts a new twist on Greek mythology. The narrator is Chloe the youngest of the three faiths. The story begins when a young girl shows up trying to change her faith.
I love Greek mythology and was really looking forward to this book. Unfortunately it was terribly horribly boring. I didn't even want to finish it, but I kept going thinking it might improve. Sadly it didn't.
Chloe should not have been the main character. She didn't have a lot going on, and she wasn't particularly likable. Aglaia should have been the one telling the story, or at the very least it should have alternated perspectives.
Its truly a tragidy that such an interesting premise was executed so poorly.
  
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David McK (3801 KP) rated Mythos (Stephen Fry's Greek Mythology Volume 1) in Books

Dec 10, 2019  
Mythos (Stephen Fry's Greek Mythology Volume 1)
Mythos (Stephen Fry's Greek Mythology Volume 1)
Stephen Fry | 2019
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Stephen Fry's straight re-telling of the various Greek Myths, in more-or-less chronological order (well, as much as they can be!), starting from the Titans and going right up to Midas, leaving (I assume) Jason and the Argonauts, or the siege of Troy for future instalments.

A bit like Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, in other words.