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Medea

Rosie Hewlett

4.09 AVERAGE

sapphicspines's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I had a lot of mixed feelings about this one. I think if you liked Circe by Madeline Miller you’d like this too but I had similar misgivings about both books. I think the author writes really well, but I just didn’t love the character. I feel like this was truly a bell curve for me. I was really invested in the beginning and in the end, but the middle dragged and felt flat. It was somewhat repetitive and it didn’t feel like this was a powerful woman making choices to be powerful, it felt a lot more like showcasing her as a victim over and over again. I didn’t know any of the myth going into the book, and I don’t think you’d need to.

I received an audiobook from NetGalley and RBmedia in exchange for my honest review.

ilovecriminalminds3's review

3.0

Atalanta and Medea were not casual

seriously_awkward's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gfarinas's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

britt_williamss's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m not saying what she did was right BUT I get it. My only thought throughout this whole book is “men fucking suck”

annasaurus25's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

keane_fran's review against another edition

I found it hard to read from the characters pov and found them quit insufferable. That is the point of the character but I just couldn’t finish reading from that perspective.