A review by kingkorok
Medea by Eilish Quin

challenging dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I think this book was decent, but I struggled with it. I didn't really find any of the characters likeable. I didn't adore the writing -- it got caught in a place that was in-between modern, casual language, and elevated, more "classic lit" language -- in a way that makes the author feel well-read, but still young. There were tiny glimpses of ideas that I would have loved to see developed (Medea maybe being queer, feeling happy or hopeful about literally anything), but mostly it was a long slog of tense, sad anxiety and trauma-responses, with not much deviation from that. I will say that I appreciated the author's afterword a lot, as it revealed more of her rationale for depicting the protagonist the way she did. 
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