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A review by perks2023
The Fates by Rosie Garland
3.0
**advance review copy received from NetGalley in return for an honest review***
The Fates is another reinterpretation of Greek myth, as are so popular recently - but this belongs in the better pile. Whilst there has been another recent book around Atalanta, this weaves a much larger tale around her, Meleager, the Fates themselves, and Zeus.
I really enjoyed the characterisation, particularly of Zeus - this is not your kindle bearded Disney father-of-Hercules : this is Zeus as the Greeks saw him. Impetuous, mean-spirited, rash and conceited. He’s not a main character as such, but he is a pivotal one.
I don’t know the original myths well enough, but from context of the narrative I assume there is deviation and a new interpretation here - which I like.
Fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Eloise Harper’s Wolf Den series will surely enjoy this too.
The Fates is another reinterpretation of Greek myth, as are so popular recently - but this belongs in the better pile. Whilst there has been another recent book around Atalanta, this weaves a much larger tale around her, Meleager, the Fates themselves, and Zeus.
I really enjoyed the characterisation, particularly of Zeus - this is not your kindle bearded Disney father-of-Hercules : this is Zeus as the Greeks saw him. Impetuous, mean-spirited, rash and conceited. He’s not a main character as such, but he is a pivotal one.
I don’t know the original myths well enough, but from context of the narrative I assume there is deviation and a new interpretation here - which I like.
Fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Eloise Harper’s Wolf Den series will surely enjoy this too.