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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
This novel was truly lovely. A retelling of classic stories with expansive examples of the fluidity of gender and sexuality. It was emotional, steamy, and resonant for anyone who has felt confounded by gender and sexuality, and the rules that society has placed around it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny
Minor: Domestic abuse
The misogyny and homophobia mostly comes from Zeus
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like many others who absolutely love Greek mythology retellings, I was pretty disappointed by The Palace of Eros. The concept interested me a ton - genderfluid Eros? Absolutely. But I just never found myself truly hooked while reading. I read the e-book on Libby and when my borrowing period was up I got back in line so I could finish it later on, but by the time it was my turn again, it had almost entirely slipped my mind. Overall, I was interested enough in the story to finish it, but I had a lot of issues with this book.
Writing
Prose can be a lot of fun, please don't get me wrong. But I truly think this book should've been half its actual length. I found myself skipping paragraphs because I just wasn't getting anything important from what I was reading. So much of this book is internal monologues,which could be fine when the majority of the story surrounds 2 people who spend most of the time exclusively in each others' company, but nothing happened for far too long and it felt like we were trying to hit a minimum word count.
Plot
Again - nothing happened for far too long. There was too much talk of waiting for something to happen, and when so much of the book is Psyche doing just that, I think it's okay to skip it more than we did . My main gripe with the plot that did happen is that the ending felt rushed and unbelievable. How exactly did we get our happy ending, Eros? Zeus is just fine with all of this? Psyche took a walk and now all is forgiven, make me immortal and let's forget my sisters who I pity so deeply?
Characters
For the most part, I could believe Psyche and Eros' actions. But I couldn't get a grip on what anybody else's motivations were, longterm . Maybe I'm just too mortal to understand the temperaments of the gods but by choosing a single mythological love story to write 300 pages on, I need to believe the intentions of every character you choose to mention.
Writing
Prose can be a lot of fun, please don't get me wrong. But I truly think this book should've been half its actual length. I found myself skipping paragraphs because I just wasn't getting anything important from what I was reading. So much of this book is internal monologues,
Plot
Characters
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i REALLY like the ending and how it’s calling out to us and the generations of queer people who will come after them
BUT!!! the writing was TOO lush that it sometimes took a bit too long to get to the actual meat of story. granted, she is “narrating” this verbally so may tendency to get off the rails pero siguro a bit more tightening would have made this sharper.
it was also too much about sex??? tapos addendum nalang yung “oh yeah she has a great personality”
BUT!!! the writing was TOO lush that it sometimes took a bit too long to get to the actual meat of story. granted, she is “narrating” this verbally so may tendency to get off the rails pero siguro a bit more tightening would have made this sharper.
it was also too much about sex??? tapos addendum nalang yung “oh yeah she has a great personality”
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
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:
No
This book made me realize I'm a lot gayer than I initially thought