Reviews

Athena's Child by Hannah Lynn

niahornischer's review

5.0

medusa :’)

talkingchicle's review

3.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I absolutely love Greek mythology so I immediately requested this and I was not disappointed at all. Medusa is one of my favourite characters withing Greek mythology so I know her story well. I really enjoyed this retelling of her tale. It was short, devastating and beautiful. The writing was good and was pretty true to the original.

I would have liked to have this focus solely on Medusa and her perspective rather than being a bit of a secondary character compared to Perseus in her own story. I liked the feminist vibes that was coming through in this book but again it felt like they were just in the background. The character development wasn't really there either.

Overall I enjoyed the story!

marniefaith's review

3.0

very interesting perspective of medusa’s story, i very much enjoyed !

laurah_123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

nixlily's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

kolee_c's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

thatferalreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

irivera's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

yagirle's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.25

giuls_blurose's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5