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A review by elothwen
Bull by David Elliott
5.0
First of all, I LOVED the way the different poetry forms are used. Having each character get their own voice through the use of different poetic structures is a very awesome concept and tbh, although I think I liked Voices more, I am thoroughly inspired. Poseidon was fun to read (I actually really liked the "modern twist" on his words) and Pasiphae was very thought-inducing in a sad, pitiful way. As was Asterion :(
Boy I actually CRIED at the end of this book... not bawling, don't get it twisted, but I did tear up when Asterion realized that Ariadne betrayed him... seeing his descent into madness was really upsetting because you never see the "bad guy's" side in myth. We need more of that. In mythology in particular the "bad guy" is almost always BAD because of how THEY were treated/conditioned... But anyway.
This was a very good book. Read it and read Voices and be struck dumb by the brilliance of both.
I think I want to write something about Asterion now.
Boy I actually CRIED at the end of this book... not bawling, don't get it twisted, but I did tear up when Asterion realized that Ariadne betrayed him... seeing his descent into madness was really upsetting because you never see the "bad guy's" side in myth. We need more of that. In mythology in particular the "bad guy" is almost always BAD because of how THEY were treated/conditioned... But anyway.
This was a very good book. Read it and read Voices and be struck dumb by the brilliance of both.
I think I want to write something about Asterion now.