Reviews - Athena's Child | The StoryGraph

802 reviews for:

Athena's Child

Hannah Lynn

3.65 AVERAGE

emilyp90's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional fast-paced

dbismarck's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hersky's review against another edition

4.25

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

caitlinann's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

saranel81's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

skylover's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this book started off slow with part two in particular dragging on at first, especially with an 18-year time jump, but i loved the ending. i'm not familiar with how Medusa's death happened, and this was such a hopeful, peaceful, and kind way to phrase her end compared to other myths. despite what Medusa may have thought about herself, she never lost her humanity, as demonstrated by

her pleas for men to turn around so she wouldn't murder them, and even taking care of the process of getting rid of their bodies once they were cast in stone

and i found this version of her sisters' fate new to me and therefore a unique twist to what i believed of the story. the author writes Medusa's time as a human and priestess with care and gentle caution so as not to trigger the reader, and I enjoyed her book discussion questions at the end. a quick read and a good one at that, i will be thinking about the ending for a while.

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