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Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

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zoeblair's review against another edition

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It was good just heavier than I wanted at the moment. I do plan to go back to it eventually but not yet.

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ec_holland's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I think the marketing as a feminist retelling of Medusa’s story is a big miss.

Yes, it is the Medusa myth - but she is like a side character. It’s the entire context of the myth, but honestly Perseus is a bigger character and more central character overall - and they also incorporate how he came to marry Andromeda.

The writing style is very good and each chapter is told from a different character’s perspective which is really interesting and well done. This is the only thing I enjoyed.

CW:

They are so, so fucking flippant about rape. It is really unsettling how it is treated in a “dark comedy” kind of off-handed instance that just happens over and over and over and over.

Overall - disappointed by the promise of Medusa’s story to then have it barely be about Medusa.

kirtaya's review against another edition

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1.5

Boring and one dimensional

cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition

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1.0

Medusa as side character girl bye.

bashkareads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

i get why it was written the way it was, but i’m not really a fan of the writing style. i loved that it tells this side of the story and that most of it tied together in the end, but sometimes it felt unnecessary to go into some side-storylines and write those in the style they were written in.