Reviews - Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

4.28 AVERAGE

booktracking81's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

blue_ocean44's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative relaxing medium-paced

lisabisabenson's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

This wasn't what I expected and it just was quite sluggish at times. Quite often it felt like I should've just read Euripedes considering how often she would praise and summarise his texts.

poojagodh's review against another edition

5.0

Really enjoyed reading about the myths in this way.

nerdynatreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Absolutely loved this. Haynes is so clever and funny, but you can really tell there was so much research put into this book. Yet, it’s easy to read and accessible, and Haynes often used pop culture references for the audience to relate the stories, which I really appreciated. Honestly, had me looking at Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a new light.

I genuinely had such a great time reading this all the way through and ended up talking about many of these chapters with so many people. While yes, having a pretty good knowledge of Greek myths certainly helped me, Haynes explained each plot tied to these characters very well before diving into the commentary, the alterations, and the different versions. Even with everything I knew about Greek myths, I still learned so much throughout this and my perspective of some of these women definitely shifted.

Though the last two weren’t my favorite, when I read the conclusion and realized the important connecting bit in Haynes’ commentary on Eurydice and Penelope, I instantly liked those chapters more, as she made me reconsider what I’d just read all over again. Just so much praise to Haynes for everything she discussed in this book. I loved it.