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Medea by Eilish Quin

4 reviews

khymihr's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Death

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Thank you to the team at Atria Books for  sending me a physical ARC of this book!

My fellow queer Greek mythology and Frankenstein enjoyers.... DO I HAVE A BOOK FOR YOU!!!!!!

Eilish Quin’s Medea follows the titular character from Greek myth from her childhood on the island of Kolchis, where she begins to learn the art of witchcraft, to the high seas alongside Jason and the Argonauts to the city of Corinth. The book seems to ask: Whose narratives are perceived as monstrous and whose are not? What do the monsters we fear—or hate—most say about us? When monsters can take mythic or mortal form, what do we define as monstrosity? Lush with its writing style and character interiority, Medea is an amazing addition to the growing body of feminist Greek myth retellings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

literatelizard's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Overall it was very well-written, but to me it really struggled with pacing. It felt like things didn't ever happen, and when someone significant did eventually, it was sped through. I felt very disconnected from every character that wasn't Medea, which isn't necessarily a criticism - she is, after all, ultimately disconnected from them herself by the nature of her being. It served as a good insight and deep dive into a character who doesn't get as much attention as she should, and I did enjoy the framing of the retelling to paint her in a more sympathetic, tragic light.

Thank you to netgalley for the arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Child death, Gaslighting, Violence, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gore, Sexual content, Grief, and Emotional abuse