This was more of a story about all the greek gods around the time of Medusa than an actual story focused on Medusa.

it jumped constantly between too many characters and their stories back and forth with very short chapters -most 1 or 2 pages long- so that it read a lot like a collection of short stories with a similar tone instead of an actual novel that tells a consistent story. 

i didn’t like exactly that writing choice by this author in her book „a thousand ships“ (or a very similar title) that also kept jumping between different worked and spend too short periods of time letting the reader get familiar and interested in those characters and their stories before moving on again. 


so combining that writing style that i don’t enjoy with the disappointment of not actually getting a Medusa Story. 
i didn’t go into this expecting a unique story or a new version of the myth of Medusa BUT i did. want her as the main focus. 
and that wasn’t the case in this book at all. 

if this would have been marketed as a Greek mythology short story collection, i would have gone into it expecting what i got from it.


clearly this wasn’t for me personally. 
but if what i just said sounds good to you? 
go for it. 

if you want something in similar themes of „circe“ by Madeline miller? don’t read this.