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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
No
I enjoyed this book a lot!
Si ya conoces el mito de Ariadna esta historia no te va a pillar por sorpresa pero aún así te va a hacer sentir todas las emociones, sentimientos y miedos de su protagonista. Las mujeres en la mitología griega siempre salen mal paradas y Ariadna no es la excepción, aún así es un personaje al que se le coge cariño a través de toda la novela aunque yo he llegado a empatizar más con su hermana (tal vez porque no recordaba o no conocía su historia).
El libro está muy bien escrito y no resulta pesado ni lento a pesar del género. Es la historia del mito tal cual o al menos tal cual la recordaba pero la autora ha sabido mantenerme enganchada lo que es de agradecer cuando te encuentras ante una historia conocida.
Si os gustan los libros de mitología, sin duda tenéis que leer este.
El libro está muy bien escrito y no resulta pesado ni lento a pesar del género. Es la historia del mito tal cual o al menos tal cual la recordaba pero la autora ha sabido mantenerme enganchada lo que es de agradecer cuando te encuentras ante una historia conocida.
Si os gustan los libros de mitología, sin duda tenéis que leer este.
emotional
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
"I could have hurled myself from the cliffs to the hungry waves below, and I stood at their precipice to contemplate it. Perhaps it would feel exhilarating, to sweep through the air, to plummet in its weightless embrace, free for a few glorious, doomed seconds. I was terrified, though, of the icy submersion at the end, my lungs screaming for air in the suffocating salty depths."
emotional
medium-paced
This was a good book. It was kinda slow going here and there, but it was pretty interesting for the most part. The atmosphere was great, I could visualize ancient Greece really well... or maybe it's just residual ~~vibes~~ from PJO. I don't know. Anyway, this was a good book.
I really wanted to like this book. The writing was pretty and that’s about it. The men seemed like cardboard cut outs and the women would make just the worst decisions. The ending is just awful. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.
adventurous
emotional
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
3.5 stars
I am a fan of Greek myth, fairytale, and folklore retellings. Overall, I enjoyed this one. The writing was engaging, and I liked having the main characters be women who usually are supporting cast to the men of these stories. With that said, I will agree with other reviewers that this really wasn’t a “feminist” take on this story. It highlighted the suffering of women at the hands of men, that is so often a theme in this genre. However, I did not feel this was a story of these women overcoming their suffering or their situation. Other reviewers had more of a problem with the storyline and the fact that the author “did not do enough” with the original story. If I was more familiar with the story/history of these particular characters, I might have felt the same. This book was fairly slow at times (contributed to my rating), and the direction the author chose for the ending was a bit disappointing. Still worth reading.
I am a fan of Greek myth, fairytale, and folklore retellings. Overall, I enjoyed this one. The writing was engaging, and I liked having the main characters be women who usually are supporting cast to the men of these stories. With that said, I will agree with other reviewers that this really wasn’t a “feminist” take on this story. It highlighted the suffering of women at the hands of men, that is so often a theme in this genre. However, I did not feel this was a story of these women overcoming their suffering or their situation. Other reviewers had more of a problem with the storyline and the fact that the author “did not do enough” with the original story. If I was more familiar with the story/history of these particular characters, I might have felt the same. This book was fairly slow at times (contributed to my rating), and the direction the author chose for the ending was a bit disappointing. Still worth reading.