Heroes or Zeroes? Myths and Legends from the Bad Boys of Ancient Greece by Lizzy Tiffin

 Heroes or Zeroes? Myths and Legends from the Bad Boys of Ancient Greece  by Lizzy Tiffin

I chose this book as it's a subject matter I know very little about and was intrigued to know more. I really enjoyed this book. Tiffin writes engagingly and I appreciated the humour throughout. In this book are lots of names you'll be familiar with and also lots that you will not and that makes it a very interesting and enjoyable read. The chapters are well contained so it's an easy book to dip in and out of. It's ideal for those of us without the deep scholarly knowledge of these myths and legends as it's more basic and conversational in tone. Thank you to the author, the publishers. and to Netgalley for this ARC.

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