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Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

3.84 AVERAGE

treads1325's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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

bookishbrighton's review against another edition

4.0

When I first opened this book and saw a 2 page character list I was ✨stressed✨ I wasn’t going to be able to keep up with it, but I decided to just ignore it (lol) along with the names of characters as chapter titles and it actually paid off because I followed the story perfectly well, becoming familiar with the characters as the story progressed like you would with any other book.

Stone Blind is a brilliant retelling of several Greek myths, expertly laid out to show how they all either lead to or were a result of Medusa.

Haynes has done a phenomenal job of giving the characters modern day touches to their personalities, making it a much easier and more ‘relatable’ read, without it feeling cringey or try-hard. She’s not modernised anything else though - the settings are all as they would have been in the original stories so it didn’t take away from the mythology vibes. She really struck a perfect balance.

I’m so grateful this was picked as our book club read as I’d never really had much interest in this genre, but I’m now definitely planning to check out more; I think it’s fantastic these retellings are being written in such a way to make Greek mythology more accessible!

alwaysanna13's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-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: Yes

Am I biased towards any Greek mythology retelling from the woman’s POV? Yes. But even without that, this was a dark but entertaining look at how the patriarchy shapes women into monsters and I AM HERE FOR IT.

The book started slowly as you get used to the multiple perspectives, but then it FLIES. An enjoyable but thought-provoking read!

amyiris's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zuta_ruta's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous relaxing medium-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

nathanianrjdn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Took me around a month to finished this book but nonetheless this is a good book & good depiction about what happened to Medusa. Another things I love is as the story unfold you'll realized that this story is being told by every women involved in "tragedy" in their pov about what happend