A young shepherd, Corydon, is driven out of his village because of his unusual appearance and then captured and put on display as a monster. Alongs...
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Dec 11, 2010
Jennifer
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I picked this up one afternoon and couldn't put it down until I was finished. I enjoyed the idea of presenting Greek legends from the monsters' perspective, although I'm not sure it's as novel as some reviewers are claiming. A book doesn't have to be novel (no pun intended) in order to be good, however. Corydon's strengths lie in its emotionally-genuine situations and fully-developed characters. The monsters are interesting people, with plenty of complexities and problems, but often with tre
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Dec 07, 2008
Jackie
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Corydon, a simple sheep-herder, is an outcast exiled from his village because of his deformed goat-like leg. Little does he know that he will become a hero as he joins forces with the monsters Medusa, the Minotaur, Sphinx, the Gorgons and othera to defeat the Olympian heroes led by Perseus. Corydon is the son of Pan, and he fulfills his destiny as he defeats the heroes, expelling them from the island. Along the way, he journeys to the world of Hades, meets shades and also encounters Persephone (
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May 24, 2009
Julie
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Mythology has always been an inspiration for YA fiction, and Greek mythology in particular has been conspicuous of late thanks to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. CIM is the first of a trilogy by Tobias Druitt (a pseudonym for a mother-son writing team in which the mother is a literature professor, though interestingly not classical literature).
Like Riordan and Anne Ursu, Druitt pulls figures from Greek myth and reinterprets them, in this case by making the traditional mytholo More...
Like Riordan and Anne Ursu, Druitt pulls figures from Greek myth and reinterprets them, in this case by making the traditional mytholo More...
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Dec 13, 2011
Jane
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Admittedly I bought this book but was not expecting a great deal from it as the blurb was interesting but the book title was atrocious! When I had finished the first couple of chapters I was far from convinced that I was going to enjoy it but fortunatly it prooved me wrong. (NOTE- I would have wanted to give it 3.5 stars but there are no halves here to give and it didn't feel like a 4 star.)
Once the story truly begins this book is gripping but a lot of characters feel underdeveloped More...
Once the story truly begins this book is gripping but a lot of characters feel underdeveloped More...
Aug 30, 2010
Sapphire
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It was cool to attempt to give the readers a different perspective on mythology and making the monsters the good guys..... but it's extremely boring. The book's trying to make the monsters as sympathetic as possible so hard... to the point that they've become annoying instead of pitiful. The "villains" are at least more entertaining, thanks to their silliness. More...
It was cool to attempt to give the readers a different perspective on mythology and making the monsters the good guys..... but it's extremely boring. The book's trying to make the monsters as sympathetic as possible so hard... to the point that they've become annoying instead of pitiful. The "villains" are at least more entertaining, thanks to their silliness. More...
Jan 26, 2011
Marsha
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There were some fun things about this book--it was full of Greek mythology, I occasionally liked some of the characters, and parts of the writing were ironic and funny--but there were a lot of slow parts and I only occasionally liked the characters. I had to force myself to finish, but maybe I am on juvenile book overload.
Mar 28, 2010
Mary
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Mar 31, 2008
Terri
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Corydon is driven out of his village when his neighbors discover his birth defect, one goat leg, and he is captured by the operators of a freak show of Greek monsters including Medusa, the Sphinx, and others. Corydon helps them escape, and their adventures retell the Greek myths from a new perspective in which it is the gods and heroes who are evil and the monsters are tragic. The tone of the book is not always consistent, shifting from the serious tone of high fantasy into serio-comic or sarcas
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Jun 24, 2011
Onna
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It was very interesting. I've read so many books about Greek mythology, but this one was like a mixture of everything. The ending made me really sad. Most of it made me sad. It's not a happy story, but one of overcoming. I'm not going to read the others in the series, but I'm glad I finished this one.
Mar 04, 2010
This book is the fruit of reading Alice in Wonderland for the first time. I discovered the joy of reading fantasy books. It kind of takes your mind off things but it has it's philosophical in a way, on some angles.
Apr 29, 2011
Just because one of the co-author is a 12 year old boy and was featured in Child Genius.
Jul 11, 2010
Kevin
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Interesting twist on the Greek Myths - the monsters are the good guys.
The monsters become more than just symbols but characters with personalities and feelings. Some violence but imaginative and entertaining first book in this trilogy. It will be interesting to see how the series develops.
The monsters become more than just symbols but characters with personalities and feelings. Some violence but imaginative and entertaining first book in this trilogy. It will be interesting to see how the series develops.
Oct 27, 2008
Jamie
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A really good book, interestingly told from the monsters side of view. the monsters of the island must unify together to defeat the army led by Perseus, who is a coward. Will Corydon learn the magic powers of the staff in time to save his friends?
Sep 08, 2008
Jamie
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A really good book, interestingly told from the monsters side of view. the monsters of the island must unify together to defeat the army led by Perseus, who is a coward. Will Corydon learn the magic powers of the staff in time to save his friends?
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