4.5 stars, rounded down to 4.0

Laugh-out-loud funny. 4.0 solely because I feel this would benefit more from being a serialized podcast than a written book. I'd love to hear Stephen Fry read these himself (although, perhaps that isn't fair, considering he does read the audiobook.) Given my familiarity with the "source" material, it's hard to impress me with a set of retellings, but these charming and witty stories do not disappoint.

Funny, entertaining, informative. A great combo. It doesn't assume any sort of prior scholarly knowledge, so it's a super accessible book, great for all audiences.

I would expect nothing less than perfection from Stephen Fry, and this book is no exception. I have always been interested in Greek mythology, and have a good understanding of the stories, but what Stephen Fry does - as usual - is render the familiar new. Old stories are refreshed, and told in an engaging and jovial manner, so that there is nothing stiff, formal, or archaic about them. The gods, goddesses, and mortals alike feel contemporary and charged. I loved this book, and it's a must-read for anyone who enjoys mythology, history, or just plain good writing.

Thank you to NetGalley, and to the publisher, who provided me with a free ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Stephen Fry has a way of retelling mythology like no other. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it definitely made some of the myths more fun. Highly recommend.

Exactly what it says on the tin: Stephen Fry's more modern version of classic Greek myths. While he pokes fun at the weirder aspects (fathers eating their children, gods emerging from heads, etc.), he clearly loves them and wants to share that passion.

Greek mythology retold by a master storyteller, what more do you want?
Fry manages to revive old greek mythology into humorous and brutal awkwerdness. Besides that the cover is an instant classic to me.

Get it, read it and love it! It's that simple!

I received #mythos by Stephen Fry from #netgally but had to wait until it came out as an audiobook to actually enjoy it.
The book written and read by the author himself is a luxury. Especially when the author is Mr. Fry himself.
In his book, Mythos, the author gives us a retelling of the all-forgotten Greek Myths. In my opinion, reading (or listening) this book just once is not enough. In order to remember all the names and connections, you have to do it multiple times. The author not just narrates the stories, he gives them life. It is so easy to imagine well known heroes in their natural habitat. The book has so much more than just stories. Mr. Fry gives a great deal of examples, explanations and references to our modern day knowledge. It is a great book and can be given as a present to every age.

Stephen Fry gives the cheek gods stories a modern day improvement. I always loved the myths and legends of the Greeks, Norse, etc and this was so fun to read. It wasn’t super confusing and it was entertaining and funny while still being educational. Anytime a book can make an old story or idea fresh and new is a win and Stephen fry is wonderful at doing just that.

I highly enjoyed this collection of greek myths by Stephen Fry! His writing is knowledgeable, sarcastic, hilarious and all-around a joy to read! I also really enjoyed the included images of famous artworks inspired by these stories, they really lend a wonderful visual component to the book. After reading this, I immediately bought his other book, Heroes, which I hope to pick up soon!

While I love Stephen Fry under most circumstances, in this retelling of ancient mythology the glibness of the narrative undermines what are, on their own, truly fascinating stories. I will confess I found the book impossible to finish because the author made himself too much of the story and kept intruding where he should have just entertained.

Sophie started listening to the audiobook edition of Stephen Fry’s Mythos while decorating a bedroom in May 2019 and finally finished (now having moved to an e-book edition) on December 29th, just squeezing it in before the new year. While the book is indeed fairly long – the audiobook clocks in at over 15 hours – it’s not THAT long, it took her forever to finish it because she simply couldn’t muster up any desire to continue listening.

Having very much enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology during 2018, Sophie had been hoping for more of the same, but Gaiman’s easy, flowing style was lacking from Mythos which felt disjointed, more like a collection of notes that have yet to be assembled into a single narrative. Each part is interesting enough in itself, but the collective whole just didn’t work for Sophie which made her struggle to finish it.

Mythos does indeed do a good job of covering every myth and story you could possibly want from a book like this. It begins with the Greek creation story and moves through the age of the Titans to the age of the Gods and the arrival of mankind, ending just prior to the Age of Heroes which is covered, (presumably equally thoroughly) in the sequel volume Heroes. If there’s a myth you’ve heard of, even in passing, chances are you can read about it in full here.

While she is certain that many will enjoy Mythos, this one just did not work for Sophie and she won’t be aiming to pick up the sequel any time soon.

I first read Bernard Evslin’s Gods, Heroes, and Monsters of the Greek Myths when I was 12, and I’ve been a fan of Greek mythology ever since.

Mythos is the perfect complement to that book (Fry even says Evslin is one of his favorites!), and Stephen Fry manages to be droll, embracing high and low brows (never let it be said that Greek myths aren’t both part of the bedrock of literature and raunchy as hell), while never disregarding the truly heinous behavior of the gods and goddesses.

I’m looking forward to Heroes next.
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My thanks to Netgalley for an opportunity to read and review this book.

Stephen Fry retells familiar Greek Myths with his trademark humor and his in depth knowledge. I really enjoyed reading these versions and often laughed out loud. The book is very well written and easy to read. Enjoy this fun book.

The audiobook is read by the author, and is magical... Like having your ears dipped in honey and licked clean by unicorns.
Accurate stories I remember, told like a father tells stories on a road trip, brings thousand year old stories a new life.

I want to begin by saying that I received this book for free through Netgalley, but all thoughts are my own. I usually enjoy reading about Greek mythology, as mythology as a whole is extremely interesting to me, but I didn't enjoy this as much as I had hoped to. Despite having explanations of who each character is, I still felt a bit lost as to who was who but with the ebook it's a bit harder to be constantly referring to it. That might not be an issue for everyone, but if you do struggle a bit with remembering characters names (although this is about the actual Greek gods and others so you may also know some of these already) but I think it is important to mention. This took me longer than I expected to get through as although I love the retellings of things such as Greek myths, I wasn't too keen on Stephen Fry's writing style which is a shame as I love him and think he is great. I don't have any knowledge of if there is an audiobook but if there is, I may retry this as the audiobook as long as he reads it. I think it was too chatty in some places and maybe didn't have as much detail as I had expected it to have. However, if you do enjoy Greek mythology, you may enjoy this, it's just a shame that this to me wasn't as good as I had hoped. I do sometimes wonder if a slight reading slump is just causing me to not enjoy this as much, hence why I'd like to give it one more go in the future as an audiobook in the hopes I can bump up the rating a bit.

I love mythology and Stephen Fry and had been looking forward to reading this book when I stumbled upon in here on NetGalley. I went into reading this book with high expectations and was not disappointed!

I thoroughly enjoyed this! I'm usually skeptical of non-fiction but Stephen Fry really brought these stories to life. I have always loved reading about mythology and am so glad I stumbled across this.

If you are interested in Greek myths and constructs, this is the book for you. I found the narrative and prose was fantastic to read and interesting. Fry truly makes the content interesting and not dry or dense, to say the least. In many of these books, the narrative can be dry and underwhelming. You don't get the sense of "intriguing" when you read them, but I didn't get that here. It was written very nicely. The illustrations are beautiful as well.

This is a really accessible guide to greek mythology. I only learned the basics in schools, so learning more of the myths and how they all toured together was fascinating for me. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who doesn't know much about Greek mythology and wants to know more.

Such an excellent take on the various myths of Greek mythology. I've read them over and over again since I was a child but he pointed out things that I hadn't seen or read before I was enthralled. Bravo, Mister Fry.

I would like to thank the author/publisher/Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book and exchange for a fair and honest review.