A review by ninahuynh
Galatea by Madeline Miller

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Madeline Miller reimagines Greek Mythologies with such beautiful imagery. I could feel the frustration and entrapment Galatea feels as her husband traps her in the tiny room with surveillance in the form a nurse and doctor. The lengths a mother, even those who were formerly a stone statue, to save her child and the "children" who are and will be affected by her husband never ceases to prevail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content