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The plot could have been solved within one day since the arrival of the girls, and there was no reason for it not happening because the characters couldn't possibly have been presented as selfish or get any sort of development that would lead to the obstacles in the beginning and their disappearance by the end. Or, her brother, who struck, hanged and killed Leto, who is unable to recognize her walking in the palace.
Why show important scenes and develop the plot and characters when you could just end the chapter for the sake of a stupid, trite opener to the next chapter? It's not just beautifully written, it's FUN—which isn't a word I usually associate with greek tragedies, but here we are. I was annoyed while reading the author didn't even read the Odyssey while also writing a book inspired by a part of it. To end the killings, twelve princes must first die in Poseidon's watery domain, at the hands of the girls they sentenced to death.
You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. But one girl wasn't willing to go without a fight, and the curse she enacts on Ithaca will cause thousands more deaths, for generations to come. I’m not a huge Greek mythology person to begin with (didn’t love Percy Jackson, haven’t read Circe, but I do greatly appreciate Medusa and Perseus). At the end she said she loves both of them and I didn't know what to think of it, was it a love triangle of some kind? yes I know it’s not actually a “retelling” per se, but the marketing heavily leaned into the idea that it was.
Most of the chapters are quite short so the story frequently changes direction and doesn’t linger on one subject for too long. the audacity of this British bitch to get a six-figure advance for a “retelling” of a book she HASN’T EVEN READ. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Why show Leto learning about her new powers when you could just give us a two paragraph training montage and have her master them? The characters at times have some depth but do really seem largely superficial most of the time - and I found it difficult to really care about them or identify with them.
Girl, I have sixteen translations of it, and twenty-three of The Iliad, you're not going to impress me with bragging about owning that many translations if you don't read them. The author tries to sprinkle in little bits of exposition here and there (when she’s not beating us over the head with it blatantly), mostly character backstory, but it’s only ever the tiniest bit - a few words at the end of a paragraph, and then we don’t hear about it again. It feels like you could break it down into episodes of a TV show, with the Cyclops, the Harpies, the Clashing Rocks and Sirens.
I am especially interested in Greek retellings at the moment and will be reading a lot of them over the next few months, so expect a lot more reviews to come! The entire story and world is built around cost and suffering, and so a sad ending fits that much better. it’s almost like Underwood doesn’t actually know anything about the cultural context of the time period! the part that’s crazy is that she states that “mythology has bypassed YA” even though she claims reading a lot to “keep on top of market trends.The writing style and narrative voice alone has me enthralled, and I thought it an accomplished debut. before disappearing, or that she’s that one annoying kid in class who tells you “I know something you don’t know! the primary reason these relationships were not treated with as much validity as heterosexual or male-male homosexual relationships was because the classical Greek thinkers—themselves all men—did not believe women were capable of love to the degree that men were; ergo, the “ideal” love relationship would be between two (or more) men. I don’t care that it’s “sapphic” and queerness shouldn’t be used as a shield against legitimate criticism.
She obtained her MEng in Computational Bioengineering at Imperial College, London, and recently graduated with her MPhil in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge. heterosexual relationships are prioritized here, which isn’t shocking after you read what the author thinks about lesbian relationships in greece. Now, for the stuff I was not a fan of: Reading the blurb for the book, you might think you understand the premise or the stakes. As for the mythology aspect of it, I'm not really acquainted with the Greek myths so I'll leave people who know the stories and have read the Odyssey ( yes, the Odyssey Miss Underwood. Individually the characters were not written with enough characterization and depth to support their own chapters.And it wasn't even bending history for story purposes- the coffee appears in a comparison for dark brown, which was wholly unneeded. And then there’s the hidden island with a barrier that makes it invisible to the outside world, where not even storms can get through the protective barrier - uh, Wonder Woman, anyone?
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