Dogs and Monsters is a short story collection that has a great deal of depth.

Many of the stories are reimaginings of other tales- some from mythology, some from other writers, but all the retelling show truths about what it is to be human.

Some of the stories were pretty grim, and DOGZ was fairly graphic, but I did enjoy the main messaging in all the stories in this collection. I especially enjoyed the first two stories.

Overall this was an interesting, thought-provoking read that kept my attention.

I love Greek mythology, and I love this book's cover, but I did not love this book.

This collection of short stories delves into the many shortcomings of both gods and humans alike, examining their fallibilities, hubris, and desperate desires across various timelines and settings.
Although I appreciated the range of characters and stories that Haddon examined, the only story that truly resonated with me was "The Mother's Story," which was the very first in the collection.
Though the seven following stories were interesting, they lacked urgency and depth, and failed to grip me in any life-altering way.

This might be because the story of Pasiphae and the Minotaur was the only Greek myth that I recognized from the collection, but Haddon's twist was so entirely unique that it kept me intrigued until the very end. The rest of the stories fell short of this high expectation, though they were interesting enough to keep me reading.

Thank you to the publisher for this e-arc.