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Psyche und Eros - Denn wahre Liebe ist mehr als ein Mythos by Luna McNamara
19 reviews
kayceeisbookish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
florecita_lectora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide, and Pregnancy
stephaniediane07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
sarahsbooklife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I thought that this was a great retelling and couldn't put this book down.
A great feminist take on this classic myth. Blended with the stories of a few other heroes and gods. I loved the romance, the adventure and the stakes shown in this story. A must read Greek myth retelling 🏺🏛
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing and Violence
Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail
mariakureads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I loved that the author took liberties and adapted from other Greek and Roman versions to make something of her own while staying true to the larger and more well known elements of the pairing.
I remember this pair from Ovid's brief mention in Metamorphosis as well as a brief chapter in another book but even then it was always a mention of and not an entire book like what McNamara provided.
In a few opening chapters told in alternating perspectives from Eros and Psyche, she managed to create individual voices and fleshed out characterizations not just for the main two characters but the additional cast as well on top of using history to build out the world they live in. Fantastic debut book and I can't wait to see what she writes about next!
Minor: Confinement and Death
preciouslittleingenue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Anyone who thinks this is a one-dimensional ~girlboss story is completely brain dead. The way the author delivers gut punch after gut punch about the plight of women...yes, all women. Even Clytemnestra, who is characterized so unlikeably in this retelling...once she reveals (after the sacrifice) how she was
Eros's character growth was just stunning to read. He went from being so completely apathetic to everything and everyone for his entire, extremely long life, to learning how to care about someone. He had to go through all of that to realize he not only needed Psyche, but needed SOMEONE. He even realized that the sister he spent his whole life despising was someone he actually needed as well. The actual romance itself, to me, was not front and center, and THAT'S OKAY. Some people listed that as reasons their reviews lost stars, and I get that, that's valid. But to me, this was a character piece, and an examination of the Greek Myth as a whole through a retelling of one popular one, and I don't mind that the "romance" suffered because of it. I wasn't shipping then any less or squealing any less loudly once they got their happily ever after. Which, by the way, was REALLY NICE. BECAUSE THAT SIMPLY NEVER HAPPENS IN GREEK MYTH LMAO.
10/5 stars. I can't wait to buy the stupid expensive limited edition hardcover and annotate and tab it and have it on my shelf. I adore it. I hope McNamara does more stories like this. This is right up there with Madeline Miller's work for me. Cannot recommend enough.
The following are direct quotes from the book, and the way I've formatted it is not allowing me to hide it with the spoiler feature, so you've been warned. These are quotes that made me go "OH MY GOD" and rewind to make a bookmark. Will be marking these up once I get my physical copy:
Chapter 4 Eros:
- “…a young woman at that brief age when mortals seem almost as beautiful as the Gods.”
- “Prometheus had designed humanity in the Gods’ image, but he had only succeeded in wrapping all our worst traits in their flimsy mortal shells.”
- After he pricks himself with the arrow while looking at Psyche: “Oh,” I whispered. “Fuck.”
- “My heart broke upon itself like a crashing wave, throwing up a glittering swarm of needle-sharp diamonds that embedded themselves in my chest like arrow points.”
- “I did not want to live in a world where a daughter was worth less than a fair wind to Troy.”
- “I thought of my naivety upon hearing the tales of the blind poet all those years ago, when I thought a glorious kill was what made a hero. I saw now that the legends were drenched in blood: the blood of women.”
- “I never chose Psyche, you know. She was foisted upon me by the curse, like…like my immortality” … “You’ve chosen her now, haven’t you? You could’ve gone anywhere once you slipped Aphrodite’s chains…”
- “I may not deserve her, but this world does.”
- “Psyche reached out a hand to touch me, running her fingers lightly over the contours of my face. That was how she had known me in the darkness, and that was how she truly recognized me now. … ‘It really is you.’ “
- “ ‘It [the curse] is gone, and I am still here.’ ... The Greeks have three words for love, and that night, we knew them all.”
- “ ‘She’s so small, and wrinkled! What did you do to her?’ ... ‘Nothing,’ I replied. ‘She’s a baby.’ “
- “Well, some girls becomes Goddesses, and some Gods become more than they were.”
Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
alicelalicon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
katievallin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Death of parent