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librarian_aj's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Runs you through the wringer emotionally, unsatisfying ending, gorgeous world building/depictions of ancient cultures.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Self harm
mxbluet18's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Trigger warnings for The Shadow of Perseus include: rape, kidnapping, murder and self harm.
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This book feels like it's trying to be both a retelling of Greek mythology, and simultaneously a historical fiction novel, and it doesn't quite meet either of them honestly. It took away a lot of the elements of that make it a mythology retelling aside from the characters.
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It's not that it was a bad book exactly, more that having read other retellings of other tales from Greek mythology, this one just didn't sit in the same category as the others.
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Maybe it was the writing style, or the fact that it just didn't read like the story I know it to be, but I just didn't really get on with it very much.
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Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
☆
☆
This book feels like it's trying to be both a retelling of Greek mythology, and simultaneously a historical fiction novel, and it doesn't quite meet either of them honestly. It took away a lot of the elements of that make it a mythology retelling aside from the characters.
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It's not that it was a bad book exactly, more that having read other retellings of other tales from Greek mythology, this one just didn't sit in the same category as the others.
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Maybe it was the writing style, or the fact that it just didn't read like the story I know it to be, but I just didn't really get on with it very much.
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Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Self harm