A review by lmilfort
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I liked Heywood’s debut better than this. Although the story is told through the eyes of the three most impactful women in Persus’ story the violence and misogyny that is described had me scowling almost the entire time. Honestly it got a bit hard to finish with all the gore and more specifically the abject depravity of the main character. I don’t feel like the ending was very satisfying either to make up for it. He never apologized or expressed remorse for
kidnapping and raping his wife or killing his stepfather and his friends in cold blood
. Honestly the writing and storytelling is fine but I guess I just hated the story/character. 
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