andy5185 's review for:

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

5.0

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This was a fantastic, engaging and really well done refreshing look at women in Greek myth. I particularly enjoyed the connections she made between ancient and modern - such as reference to the amazing 1981 movie Clash of the Titans and even a video of Beyonce. Rather than a dry, academic dissection of how women have been misrepresented in myth, these pieces individually examine and ask questions of why certain texts differ from others and is done so in such a way that is entertaining as well as fascinating. I laughed out loud at many of her cheeky asides, but I also paused often to marvel at the depth of her queries.