Well aren't I embarrassed.
I had assumed this book to be filled with anecdotes relating ancient myths to modern day life, perhaps even the author sharing how they have influenced his life personally.
Instead, it is filled with boastful statements regarding the author's career and interests. I was not prepared for the amount of information on traffic engineering that was in these pages. I read several of the articles and they were all as equally preachy as the last with none of them seeming to add anything new to any of the discussions proposed in said articles.
In addition, I found that a lot of the conclusions and examples that the author was utilizing were not sitting well with me, such as using only dictators and sexual predators as examples of "how can we judge if someone's life has been happy?"
Unfortunately, it was not for me at all and I had to DNF. Perhaps if someone is interested in engineering of any kind, they might find some scraps of insight somewhere in here but, for the layman, I would skip.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

I loved the use of Greek mythology and how it was used during this story. Andreas Markides has a strong writing style and was hooked from the first page. It had me questioning about what I knew about Greek mythology. The characters worked in this universe and was glad I got to read this.

Urban Myths is such a good story. The plot is fantastic, the characters are fabulous, the storyline is immaculate. I really recommend everyone to read this book as fast as they can because it's really good and the characters are fantastic.