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A review by words_and_dreams
Medusa [Illustrated Gift Edition] by Jessie Burton
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
First book to make me cry in a while...granted I was hormonal...but still. 😭
Feminist retelling of the Medusa myth. This story is told from Medusa's viewpoint as it should be and we get a very human story. Medusa is abused and 'punished' by the very one who should have protected her. Her and her sisters flee to the island in the midst of the ocean to hide and live in peace and exile until a young man Perseus turns up.
'The changes he and Athena had wrought upon me had left me feeling out of my own control for years, but when Perseus had come for me in that cave with his sword, something had shifred. I was proud of who I was, and I had as much right to be alive as Perseus did. They'd all tested me; they'd all tried to see if I would break. But I was tired of men and gods and goddesses dictating the ebb and flow of my happiness, my state of mind.Id trusted Perseus. I had thought he was my one true hope. But it turned out my one true hope was me.'
Beautifully written, full of heart and emotion and the ending we all deserved
Feminist retelling of the Medusa myth. This story is told from Medusa's viewpoint as it should be and we get a very human story. Medusa is abused and 'punished' by the very one who should have protected her. Her and her sisters flee to the island in the midst of the ocean to hide and live in peace and exile until a young man Perseus turns up.
'The changes he and Athena had wrought upon me had left me feeling out of my own control for years, but when Perseus had come for me in that cave with his sword, something had shifred. I was proud of who I was, and I had as much right to be alive as Perseus did. They'd all tested me; they'd all tried to see if I would break. But I was tired of men and gods and goddesses dictating the ebb and flow of my happiness, my state of mind.Id trusted Perseus. I had thought he was my one true hope. But it turned out my one true hope was me.'
Beautifully written, full of heart and emotion and the ending we all deserved
Content Warnings
Minor: Violence and Sexual violence