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nottooscarythanks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
inkdrinker6259's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
An incredible condensed collection that focuses on the women of the greek myths and stories. Natalie Haynes has curated a book that not only highlights these women's lines in the earliest versions of the Greek plays, but also guides you through the various interpretations of these women, their words, their actions, and their narratives. Quoting translations from Homer and Euripedes to Edith Hamilton and Nathaniel Hawthorne, she also brings these characters through their progression and how their voices have been lost, twisted, dismissed, found and corrupted into some of today's most prominent versions of their stories. Not to mention all the ways pop-culture has utilized these women to propagate stereotypes, expectations of women, and standards of ideal femineity.