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garnethalo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, and Murder
Moderate: Blood and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Violence
Medusa's story from before she was cursed. If you know Greek mythology, you know why. Also, Greek stories are usually a tragedy!catarina_pego's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Incest, Violence, Stalking, Abandonment, War, Rape, and Blood
atamano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Blood, War, Rape, and Grief
Minor: Animal death
booksjessreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I will start with what I enjoyed about the book first. The portrayal of Perseus as a self-righteous and stuck-up 16 year old was my favourite thing. I liked how Haynes had depreciated him in the story and really emphasised how much of a coward he was, despite being praised as a hero. However, there were several chapters where Haynes breaks the 'fourth wall' and writes in second person to the reader, instilling her fury in you that Perseus has always been painted in this way. Listening to the audio of this, this was quite jarring, although I appreciated her intentions of the chapters anyway.
When we got a perspective of Medusa, I also appreciated her point of view.
Perhaps this is just me, as I don't read lots of mythology books, but I felt a lot of the conversations in this book were really basic or childish. And it only ever worked well when we got conversation from Perseus, as it helped build Haynes' portrayal of him. One example that really stuck with me was
I can appreciate why people have enjoyed this book, but I just felt as though this book did not deliver to the standards that it was marketed by. I do enjoy Medusa's story generally so I stuck with it, but there was certain elements that just did not work for me.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Blood, Rape, Vomit, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and War
Minor: Incest
maureen2506's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Rape
booksawyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Death, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Misogyny and War
Minor: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury
Additional Content Warnings: Major Victim Blaming, Revenge Moderate Child Abandonment, Manipulation, Forced/Arranged Marriage, Predatory Behavior, PTSD Minor Crowing, Sacrifice, Imprisonment, Elder Abuseunfinishedduet's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Incest, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship
sas_ram's review against another edition
3.75
It is a good read but definitly not one of the best retellings out there.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, Death, Incest, Misogyny, and Blood
zimmerlemon's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the writing style for the most part. Some of the references are pretty deep into the mythology so it’s more fun if you already know the stories or are willing to look things up lol. There are a TON of different POVs.
Also a warning that for a book about Medusa, she has surprisingly little airtime.
Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Rape
kirstyw's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.75
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, and Rape