I have thoughts… many, many thoughts and they’re not all good I’m afraid. But as any good teacher knows, when you need to deliver bad news you do it in a sh*t sandwich. So here we go…
I really loved the small intermit moments that showed how Medusa came to be. How her sisters went against everything they were to raise a mortal child. It was a story I wanted to read more of. Unfortunately that story did not continue.
There was so much promise here and I think that’s why I’m THIS level of disappointed (imagine I’m indicating to a large amount with my hands here). There were too many stories trying to be told, too many voices, too many things that had nothing to do with Medusa. I understand you needed some background work but keeping to Medusa, Athene and Perseus would have been enough. It was confused… like the author had dropped 4 manuscripts on the floor and kinda pieces them back together without making sure it was im the right order. I can’t even tell you the plot because I’m not sure 50% of the book had one.
Saying all that, I need the other slice of bread to this sandwich so I guess it was also very well written (if not overly complicated and confused). But yes, a collection of well written mini stories not about Medusa.
Overall, I think the hype and the blurb did this book a disservice. It wasn’t what I was promised, and it’s not Medusa’s story. But that’s just my opinion. Maybe knowing this going into the book you’ll be able yo enjoy it more than I did.
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