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Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

3.84 AVERAGE

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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I LOVED the narration style, you can tell that Haynes is passionate about mythology and knows her stuff. 

She voices the characters in such a way that you grow attached to some and absolutely despise others. I thoroughly enjoyed the way this book brings together the various motives to provide a much deeper story and really challenges your preconceptions. 

DNF- could literally not track what the fuck was happening
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

thank you so so much to NetGalley and Panmacmillan for an advance review copy of this book - I feel very lucky!

I absolutely loved this. medusa has been one of my favourite greek mythological figures for a long time (I even have a tattoo of her), so to be able to read a retelling of her story was so wonderful. Natalie Haynes is so so gifted in weaving together the perspectives of so many characters to build a full picture, without it ever feeling confusing or over complicated. she brilliantly shows the way that women have been misrepresented, how their stories have been pushed to the side to make way for the traditional, male ‘heroes’, and she does so with wry humour and intelligence. pub date is 15th september so not long to wait to get your hands on this!!
adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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