Zeus Is A Dick

Such a laugh!! As someone who already knows a lot about Greek mythology I already knew all the stories, so was just wanting a light read that humourously retold them and boy did I get what I was looking for. For anyone who knows anything about Greek mythology you know the stories are utterly ridiculous and absurd, and it's wonderful to be able to read a book which highlights just how absurd it all is. Yes there was artistic licence taken with the retelling (none of the gods were watching escape to the country despite what the author says) but this is what makes it all so much funnier, adding these extra bits to make it more relevant to today, and yet those extra bits not even being anywhere near the most ridiculous bits of the stories. The only thing I'd say is there's an awful lot of swearing in this book so personal, although I absolutely enjoyed most of it, I wouldn't buy this book just for that as it detracts from the humour to me, expletives are a lazy man's humour, but if this was turned down I'd wholeheartedly recommend to everyone who listens as it was so funny

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

WOW, I HAD TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH AT THIS DAMN BOOK!!!

Susie Donkin has done an excellent job at retelling some classic Greek mythology in a humorous and engaging way, but also does a fantastic job at making them accessible for anyone who might not be too familiar with the Greek Gods and their dysfunctional family dynamics.

The modern references in this book are completely relatable and hilarious - singing along to MCR at the top of my lungs? A mood.

Can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy of thisbooj

5/5 ☆

This was brilliant fun. Having some knowledge of myth definitely helped, but the less well known to me stories (Io and Europa, for example) were still easy to follow. There's no reason I can see to tell these stories in formal, old fashioned language as of course they were written versions contemporary speech, so there's a spirit of authenticity here. I do have a minor gripe about 7 gods being described as the original 6 (zeus, posidon, hades, hera, demeter and hestia are later joined by hermes) and this is confusing, so I'll have to check the Graves. I find the light, Horrible Histories style so fun and easy to follow, and reading more myths really does help me to better understand other media. The feminist ideas here are rather well worn by this stage, not just by Miller and Haynes but even Percy Jackson makes it very clear, however they are consistent and fairly delivered.