Reviews with content warning for Violence - Stone Blind

This book truly was not what I was expecting, and what I got instead I just personally didn't enjoy that much.
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.

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adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful writing and an impactful story.

Essentially a feminist retelling of the greek myth of Medusa. This story gives you alot of different character prospectives throughout the book which because of the amount of characters led to a slow start but once it got going turned out to be an unputdownable book.

The story does a great job of showing victim blaming and its effects. It also does a great job of discussing content and how consent is not actually consent if the victim fears violence too oneself or others as a result of not consenting and how this can happen because of someone of authority or power using there status to coerce a victim into providing unwanted sexual activities.

The was also such a beautiful depiction of what it means to love people and the value of familial love which perhaps is the most prominent theme of the novel.

This story makes you think about those we see as monsters and weather they are actually monsters or victims there selves. It also makes you question heros and causes you to consider the heros' real motives. It shows how we shouldn't judge people by their appearances because appearances can be deceptive and who people are on the inside and how they treat others is far more important in judging peoples character.

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I love the author's style. I really enjoy the ebb and flow of the chapter sizes, the multiple perspectives, the name drops, small passages from seemingly random characters. Even how it switches from telling a story one chapter to talking directly to the reader in the next. I found I could put it down anytime I wanted, but it was so intelligent and thoughtful, that I always found myself wanting to pick it back up.

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