by Neil Gaiman
Kansas Dad listened to this on CD from the library and recommended it to me. When it showed up on an Audible sale, I bought it.
It's magnificent.
Gaiman recorded the book himself and, unlike other authors, has a wonderful reading voice. His immense enjoyment of the myths shows in his reading. The myths are exciting and engaging, but more than anything else they are humorous. I think Kansas Dad may have cried he laughed so hard in a few parts.
The myths themselves are not appropriate for children. Gaiman isn't afraid to include all the shenanigans and violence, but mainly it's the romantic entanglements of the characters that makes it for mature audiences only. We loved it so much, I imagine we'd let our older high schoolers listen to it, but it's definitely not one we'd just turn on in the van while the eight year old was riding along.
Listen to the audiobook or read the book. Even if you never read anything else by Neil Gaiman.
I received nothing in exchange for this brief blog post. All opinions are my own. I purchased this book with an Audible credit. Links above to Amazon are affiliate links.
