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A review by caseythereader
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Thanks to Harper Perennial for the free advance copy of this book.
- PANDORA'S JAR is for everyone who loves Greek mythology but wishes the women weren't protrayed only as objects or monsters.
- Even if you think you know it all in terms of myth, I'll bet Haynes digs out some alternate tellings and translations you haven't seen, giving everyone from Persephone to Clytemnestra new dimensions.
- Plus, this books is funny as heck. Haynes is dryly sarcastic, giving much needed levity to these tales of tragedy and woe.
- PANDORA'S JAR is for everyone who loves Greek mythology but wishes the women weren't protrayed only as objects or monsters.
- Even if you think you know it all in terms of myth, I'll bet Haynes digs out some alternate tellings and translations you haven't seen, giving everyone from Persephone to Clytemnestra new dimensions.
- Plus, this books is funny as heck. Haynes is dryly sarcastic, giving much needed levity to these tales of tragedy and woe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War