4.46 AVERAGE

dark emotional tense fast-paced
adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sophsaria's review

4.75
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional reflective tense 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

Home of 'not to me, not if it's you' and 'it was always going to end this way. she's been dead since the beginning'. Need I say more? Favourite translator, she never misses, hit after hit.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

i laughed i cried anne carson is a genius we all know this to be true. this club has everything- stone cold bitches, oldest daughters who chain smoke cigarettes (in my mind), orestes my dearest girlfailure in an enmeshed homoerotic situationship with his cousin— what else could you ask for. 
challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

i would read anne carson’s grocery lists if she published them.
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destroyedimage's review

5.0

+ gut punch of a translation
- some jarring modern elements

ILL TAKE CARE OF YOU ITS ROTTEN WORK NOT TO ME NOT IF ITS YOU