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Medea by Rosie Hewlett

19 reviews

rheagoveas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

sarahkouk's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

readhaileyread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death

hollydollyiow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I love a Greek myth retelling, especially those that put women at the centre and Medea is now one of my favourites, up there with Circe. It was magical, complicated and messy.
The way I was on her side, even until the end (and like many greek myths the end was DARK) show how gorgeously this character was portrayed. 
The only thing I might change is this easily could have been two books. This book covers Medea and Jason’s story (I wouldn’t recommend reading this book if you know the story and don’t want to hate Jason) and then there are hints of what she does next in the last chapter, but honestly I’d have loved to have read another book covering how she got there! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Slavery

marynograce827's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is an amazing retelling of the Greek tragedy and shows an empowering of women while sticking true to the original plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

lover97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 ⭐️

I love it when a book makes you completely unsure how to feel about a character by the end. This book is certainly not for the faint of heart as check the content warnings.

I knew how Medea's story ended going into this, so I wasn't expecting to feel bad for her. But you do, you spend most of the book seeing her be gaslighted into destroying herself in the name of love for a man you know doesn't care about her. 

It's sad and beautifully written. The author did an excellent job of stirring emotion and keeping the pacing even. The plot moves along nicely and keeps you engaged. The book has also made me really interested in the story of atalanta.

I received an advance review copy of this book, and this review represents my honest opinion. Thank you to netgalley, Rosie Hewlett, and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and War

victoria_catherine_shaw's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

leila_scola's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

annakh16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was easy to get through, but the impact fell a bit short.

I don’t know how to explain it other than say I was hoping Medea‘s villainy/villain arc to be stronger? My guess is it’s to do with the writing. It was interesting to see Medea‘s thought process. But it’s always tricky to mix “modern interpretation“ with ancient myth, and unfortunately a lot of messaging felt quite on the nose or more telling than showing. I liked the chapter from Chalciope‘s pov at the end because we got to see Medea from someone else‘s perspective and just quite how terrifying she was. I‘d just thought it would be more of a punch in the gut throughout. 

So overall, I enjoyed this, but I was kind of hoping for more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Slavery, Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury