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A review by paulineerika
Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined by Jenn Northington, S. Zainab Williams
3.5
First off, I am rusty with my Greek mythology.
Second, I loved the idea of retelling Greek myths with a diverse/representative slant and for the most part, the stories succeeded in that respect. Of course, some stories were more successful than others. Some stories left me a little confused about what I had just read. Others made me wish they were novellas or even full novels.
Favorites: The Gorgon Confessionals, Dion and the Maenads, The Furies Detective Agency, Atalanta Hunts the Boar, and Stasis (Bastion in the Spring).
Not Bad: Wild to Covet, Pescada, Pickles for Mrs. Pomme, The Ship of Thea, No Gods No Kings, Trembling Aspen; Or, To Shiver
Could've Done Without: Tiresias, A Heart Inured to Suffering, The Eagles at the Edge of the World, The Words from the Mountain (this last one started strong, but then lost me)
Second, I loved the idea of retelling Greek myths with a diverse/representative slant and for the most part, the stories succeeded in that respect. Of course, some stories were more successful than others. Some stories left me a little confused about what I had just read. Others made me wish they were novellas or even full novels.
Favorites: The Gorgon Confessionals, Dion and the Maenads, The Furies Detective Agency, Atalanta Hunts the Boar, and Stasis (Bastion in the Spring).
Not Bad: Wild to Covet, Pescada, Pickles for Mrs. Pomme, The Ship of Thea, No Gods No Kings, Trembling Aspen; Or, To Shiver
Could've Done Without: Tiresias, A Heart Inured to Suffering, The Eagles at the Edge of the World, The Words from the Mountain (this last one started strong, but then lost me)