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kendoll_renea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Moderate: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Infidelity
bee12345's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual violence
pythonesque's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Body horror, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement and Misogyny
citybookspgh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Dysphoria, Incest, Rape, and Violence
Heartbreakinguncreativeoops's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Rape
madamenovelist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, War, Kidnapping, and Animal death
trips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really thought it would be more about Medusa herself, but we actually got a retelling of the tale of Perseus from all different perspectives. Which is ok, you don't really talk about Medusa without Perseus, but I suppose I was hoping for the story to be centered around Medusa's perspective. Sadly her perspective really only takes up about 25-30% of the book.
I suppose perhaps the point is to reinforce the thought that Medusa did nothing wrong but was punished anyway, but I suppose in my head there would have been more reimagined surrounding just Medusa in her story before she meets her fatal ending. Besides that though the story isn't incredibly interesting, but it is quite funny in some parts, which is really what made me bump it up to 2 stars.
Disappointed, but I'm sure others will love this book.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Body horror, and Misogyny
znvisser's review
- 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
2.5
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, and Death
Minor: Blood, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, and Sexual violence
I expected this to be a story about Medusa but instead it was mostly written around the man hunting her - which felt quite contrary to the point. It felt like the author had a vision for this book but discovered along the way there actually wasn't enough source material or creativity to pull from, leading to many loosely related storylines being piled onto it. And every single character in those subplots is one-dimensional, so we can't be too confused about how to feel about every single one of them (and if you still are, you don't have to wait too long for an intermezzo in which mostly irrelevant extras spell it out for you even more explicitly). I do love reading about Greek mythology but to me a key factor in the success of modern retelling is the storytelling: does the writing convey new dimensions to a story long told? Unfortunately, I didn't feel that way about this one.itisnatal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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: Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Body horror and Blood
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Cursing, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Death, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Blood, and Sexual assault