1.97k reviews for:

Lies We Sing to the Sea

Sarah Underwood

3.5 AVERAGE

hayleybetts20's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chdixon04's review

1.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

grimendale's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s nice to see a story about Greek mythology that cares less about the great heroes and more about the aftermath of their adventures. Set long years after the end of the Odyssey, it takes women who are barely a footnote in the original and gives them a devastating life of their own. Beautiful and sad, as all the best myths are.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicide

girl_from_whales's review

3.25

adventurous sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cc2's review against another edition

1.25

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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"sapphic" but lots of time spent on m/f

gwenluci's review against another edition

3.25

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gjenn's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ilikebread10145's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nerdyboyjake's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Devastated. This book left me devastated. I quite enjoyed this fresh spin on the tale of Odysseus. 

eredford's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A