I loved the way the author tells the tales: there are different formats - I think there's only one I wasn't clicking with. It was really great to discover some of them - even if I couldn't recognise bêta or gamma stars! I loved that the author doesn't focus solely on Greek myths and mentions other cultures, that she tells about Lacaille and his scientific constellations, about an Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass interpretation of the constellations, about when and how we can see the stars - she doesn't do it for all of them, but it partly explains why the constellations can have different forms or meanings in the Northern and in the Southern hemisphere. So, Stories in the Stars will do exactly what the title suggests: tell the reader what the constellations "mean", the tales they embody. I thought it would be more sciency - and thank god it wasn't because I really had a hard time in the beginning, with words like "asterisms" that I didn't understand, even after they were explained (now I do, but it was gradual). But, I don't know why - because the title is quite clear - I didn't think this book would tell the stories linked to the constellations. But the only constellation I can recognize is Orion! I've always wanted to know more about them, and their stories. I've always loved to watch the night sky and the stars sparkling here and there.
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