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Athena's Child

Hannah Lynn

3.65 AVERAGE

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

3.5 stars
adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Lettura di leo, il mio ragazzo:
Scrittura fluente, ma libro e trama senza nessun tipo di profondità.
emotional

I wrote a whole long review and then storygraph glitched and ate it 💀 In short, I love the way the myth is portrayed here, the way Athena is a goddess who simply cannot understand the powerlessness of mortal women, the way her wrath overrides any semblance of care she might have. I love too how Perseus is woven in via his mother's story, starting right with her birth; she is important too, not just Perseus. 

In short, this is a feminist retelling, but a refreshing one that feels no need to tell you that repeatedly, and instead centers the women in the narrative without question or signaling. 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

This medusa retelling has my heart, the injustice the fear the mercy. Definitely a must read!!!

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