Reviews

The Mythmakers by Keziah Weir

irenemarie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Car accident

emkotch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.25

katie_samsock's review

3.0

Thank you Goodreads for the arc!

Man I so wanted to like this. I kept hoping for something more but it just fell flat. For the life of me I couldn’t get behind Sal. I just didn’t care. This book is heavy on the character driven as opposed to being plot driven so that might be part of the problem for me personally. The author’s writing was great for sure and I would definitely read another book by Keziah Weir hence the 3 stars instead of something lower. But this one just wasn’t for me.

hellalibrary's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

This book made me obsessed with Chopin’s Nocturnes.

cwomack23's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

jazzijessi's review against another edition

Bored. Poor white lady harassing a widow? Weird. 

avidreader79's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

lilhenrybemis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

maralyons's review

5.0

The Mythmakers is a fascinating and unique novel about Sal, a flailing writer, who encounters a story written about her by a once famous author who is now deceased. She tracks down the author's widow, Moira, who is a septuagenarian astrophysicist, in seek of the unfinished manuscript the story is taken from. Sal is looking to investigate his life, but seems more intrigued by Moira. Illustrating how so often we focus on the lives of famous male writers when their wives may had lead much more interesting lives.

I especially enjoyed the parts about Moira and Lillian and the obstacles they encountered in the 1960-70s as talented, but often underestimated women. I really loved the literary writing style. The author has such wonderful and unique descriptions. It really immersed me into the story. I wasn't sure what where it would lead. The characters are flawed and not always likeable, but they are fascinating, and made me consider how we tell our own stories.

Thank you Scribner and NetGalley for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

hdjordan's review

2.0

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I can appreciate where Weir was trying to go, I think. But I just didn’t find myself caring for or invested in the characters. In fact, I didn’t even like the MC, Sal - she annoyed me with her immature interpersonal skills.

There was a place I was hoping this book would go but unfortunately it never went there. If I’m being quite honest, if I hadn’t won it in a giveaway, I likely wouldn’t have read it, but if I didn’t, I definitely wouldn’t have finished it.

Other reviews that resonated with me:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5180757376
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5507406741