Medusa is one of my favourite Greek myths, especially with how people only remember her as a monster, which this book focuses on dispelling. I really enjoyed the overall progression of this story and the conversations around who decides what a monster is. Some chapters were really unique and captivating, such as the one from the perspective of Medusa's snakes, and the writing is also gorgeous as Natalie Haynes' always is.

However, I feel like the synopsis of this book promises a major focus on Medusa and her story, and though all the POV's eventually come together to show their role in Medusa's story, I did struggle to care about quite a few of them (and there is a fair number) as it went on and found myself just wanting to get back to Medusa. I also found the ending a bit anticlimactic.

Overall a great Medusa retelling and the writing is gorgeous but I feel the synopsis mis-sells it a bit and was expecting more of a focus on Medusa herself.