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Zeus Is A Dick
Zeus Is A Dick | Susie Donkin
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In the beginning, everything was fine.* And then along came Zeus. *more or less Ahh Greek myths. Those glorious tales of heroism, honour and... petty squabbles, soap-opera drama and more weird sex than Fifty Shades of Grey could shake a stick at! It's about time we stopped respecting myths and started laughing at them. Did you know Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, was born of some discarded genitals? Or that Hera threw her own son off a mountain because he was ugly? Or that Apollo once kidnapped a boat full of people while pretending to be a dolphin? And let's not even get started on Zeus - king of the gods, ruler of the skies and a man who's never heard of self-control. In fact, if there's one thing most Greek myths have in common, it's that all the drama could have been avoided if SOMEONE could keep it in their toga... Horrible Histories writer Susie Donkin takes us on a hilarious romp through mythology and the many times the gods (literally) screwed everything up! Stephen Fry's Mythos by way of Drunk History, Zeus is a Dick is perfect for those who like their myths with a heavy dollop of satire. It's about time someone called him out on all this' - Hera, goddess of marriage, wife of Zeus 'Worst. Father. Ever.' - Artemis, goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus 'Oh yeah, focus on him. I never did anything wrong. Nothing to see here' - Poseidon, god of the seas, brother of Zeus 'Just a real dick, honestly' - Many, many people
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Aylandra
Zeus Is A Dick | Susie Donkin
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Mehso-so

This book was fun to read, but a bit of a lurch, as it very much streamlined and used modern terms in what are classical myths.
Not updated using modern terms, summarised using modern terms, which was kind of jarring for me.
Still a fun read through.
Very blunt about themes and tropes in Greek myths which are definitely put off place in our modern society when violated to the ancient Greek society.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Zeus Is A Dick | Susie Donkin
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Ahh - but wait there are more faux reviews!

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Zeus Is A Dick | Susie Donkin
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I love faux reviews on the back of a book 🤣

julesG Sounds too good to pass. 4y
mavey Hilarious!🤣😆 4y
wanderinglynn 😆😆😆 4y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Zeus Is A Dick | Susie Donkin
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Well this box is a whole mood!!!

I‘m doing some evening accessioning today as I caught up on some sleep when I finished my early morning onsite desk shift... surely a small wfh benefit?!

I‘m getting the NBN connected at the end of the week and I‘m trying to clear some room so that it‘s less of an ordeal (my hopes are not high) I‘ve been dreading the day the technician comes tbh 😅

CocoReads That title!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 4y
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