A review by buer
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Stone Blind is a reworking of several recognizable moments from Greek Mythology mostly told through the perspectives of the women who lived them. Although Medusa is the titular character, we also get up close to Athena, Andromeda, and Perseus (who is delightfully rebranded as an inept man-child who probably should have stayed on the island he and his mother had been stranded on.)

Overall I really enjoyed this book, which plays with labels like "hero" and "monster" and asks the reader to consider whether someone we've been told is the former might actually be the latter and vice versa. Well worth a read, especially for those who enjoy Greek mythology!
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