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A review by racheljennetti
Galatea by Madeline Miller
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I love this short story. It’s taken me a while to get my hands on it, but Madeline Miller has done it again.
This might retell a centuries-old story of a prayer being answered and marble made into flesh, but the story’s point remains true.
While we are no longer in the year of Barbie, I feel like this would have been a fantastic addition to drive the point home.
Galatea never asked to be human, but who of us have? She is a shell of what her husband wished her to be. Having had a child and served her purpose in her husband’s eyes, he sees no qualms in whisking her away to a ward under the watchful eye of doctors after she dares to try to escape, to use her chance to live the life that was given to her by an Olympian.
While I don’t want to spoil this story, I think it was an extremely well-written story that was easy to read in a single sitting.
This might retell a centuries-old story of a prayer being answered and marble made into flesh, but the story’s point remains true.
While we are no longer in the year of Barbie, I feel like this would have been a fantastic addition to drive the point home.
Galatea never asked to be human, but who of us have? She is a shell of what her husband wished her to be. Having had a child and served her purpose in her husband’s eyes, he sees no qualms in whisking her away to a ward under the watchful eye of doctors after she dares to try to escape, to use her chance to live the life that was given to her by an Olympian.
While I don’t want to spoil this story, I think it was an extremely well-written story that was easy to read in a single sitting.