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Medusa by Jessie Burton

30 reviews

deathmetalheron's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

jujullesbookworm's review

emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexism and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Gorgeous, gorgeous writing. I do feel like the message, while beautiful and touching, especially at the end, was very Feminism 101 and also Medusa 101 but that didn't redact from my reading experience too much. What did redact from it was Burton's insistence on using 'mum' instead of 'mother'. Still, this had me absolutely hooked and I devoured it in a day. Will look into the author's other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Confinement, and Blood

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, and Bullying

Minor: Violence

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Body shaming, Stalking, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Body horror, War, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Pedophilia

ladykatka's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very fast and easy read. Didn't know it was YA when I picked it out from the library. I liked this better than Stone Blind since it was actually Medusa telling the story. The ending wasn't what I expected. The whole story felt slow but also rushed. It was not bad but overall not the best.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Bullying, Grief, and Rape

hycinthos's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

issameds's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Rape

kayceeisbookish's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Confinement, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, and Rape

booksjessreads's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I have never been a Greek mythology person, but I read this for the Carnegie shortlist and I actually enjoyed it. I liked getting to know Perseus through Medusa's perspective and also learning more about Medusa's lore since I have only ever experienced Medusa as a character through the perspective of Perseus cutting her head off. However, whilst I did enjoy the story and I did feel Medusa does go through good character development, I felt as though the characters did lack some depth, but this could also be due to how short the story is. 

I also thought the illustrations really added to the story, but I am unsure if I would have enjoyed it as much without the illustrations. They really heightened the emotions and memories in the story which allowed it to be quite an immersive read. This is my first Jessie Burton and I am intrigued to read her other works. I would recommend this, especially to those who enjoy Greek Mythology!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Blood