802 reviews for:

Athena's Child

Hannah Lynn

3.65 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Loved it. Quick and engaging read. Holy shit, Medusa, I’m so sorry for what happened to you! Makes me wonder how many other female characters in our collective mythology are painted as “evil” when they’re simply hurt and misunderstood. 
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
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a super fast read, a little too fast for me.  With a retelling, I was expecting more backstory for Medusa.  Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.  Large chunks of time were skipped between chapters which was confusing, I think having "X years later" would've been helpful.

I might try to continue the series in case this was a one off and the others are written differently and have more detail.

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dark reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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

It was okay but not a retelling i hadn't heard or with particular novel perspective presented 
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stefh_'s review

3.5
adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes