Reviews

Medea. Voci by Christa Wolf

matcharlyy's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.5

elli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

ilaydesu's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

legendarylis's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.75

n9mr9t9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

2.5

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting rework of Medea. This book focuses on multiple characters of the greek mythology of Medea and the Argonauts, mostly concentrating on her time in Corinth. It shows Medea slowly being destroyed by the people around her, all because she figured out a horrible secret. It also sheds a different light on the murder of her children. In this book she is framed for the murder by the people of Corinth, who push all the blame on her, because she is different. It is written very confusingly sometimes and I only started to appreciate this book after rereading certain chapters. The characters are all so complex and it is very fun to slowly figure out everything. You do have to read very thoroughly and carefully though, it is not easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Racism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

matbdn's review against another edition

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

3.75

birgits_bookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

Dieses Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen, auch die Zitate am Anfang jedes Kapitels. Ich habe ja jetzt schon mehrere Werke gelesen die sich mit dem Medea-Thema beschäftigen, aber das hat mir bis jetzt am besten gefallen. Der Schreibstil war sehr angenehm und hat zwischen den Kapiteln variiert, je nachdem wer gerade erzählt. Auch hat dieses Buch einen etwas anderen Blickpunkt auf die Geschichte, den ich sehr interessant finde.

hannadekoning2001's review against another edition

4.0

4.5
Such a good book

tnt307's review against another edition

4.0

Nachdem ich bereits Euripides' Medea gelesen habe, war meine Erfahrung mit dem Buch vermutlich ein bisschen anders. Am Anfang hatte ich ein bisschen Probleme, in das Buch einzusteigen, aber es hat mir gefallen. Es hat mir sehr gefallen. Es hat ein anderes Licht an Medea und die ganze Geschichte geworfen, die mir so viel mehr gefallen hat. Es war alles etwas angenehmer und fast friedlicher gewesen.