Radgryd

Pretty intruiging so far.

Okay ... I want more.

I don't think I've ever conciously DNF'd something before, so this will be my very first DNF ever.

It probably isn't even as bad as it sounds, but it IS extremely boring and that is the reason I am not wasting another minute on it ... not even as an audiobook.
It's basically a lazy re-telling of the OG sagas so if you already know your way around them this will be very dull for you. The book switches between scenes and characters (gods and lesser) every chapter without making anything sound even remotely interesting.

Medusa is NOT the main character of this, not at all. If you're searching for a story with her, rather than touching her story here and there this is also not the place to find it.

This is cute, but nothing more than that. Probably the dullest biography I've read so far.
I'm not sure if it's because of how it's written, which parts of her life she chose to talk about or simply because her past isn't that interesting. If you write a book about your life and talk about your teeth (and the same tooth, really) twice in it, I'm not sure if you have a lot to talk about. Or if you really want to talk about any of it.

The most interesting parts of it were about her trauma-ridden childhood and her struggling and coming to terms with the fact that her mother's behaviour was extremely violate, and that her father didn't quite do enough for her. Due to her chaotic early years she seems to have become a very controlled person, a workaholic and in a way, a perfectionist.

I listened to this as an audiobook and Julianna's voice is very soothing and I enjoy listening to her. I did listen to it on 1.4x pace though, and it was still easily understandable, so I'd say listening to it on 1x might drag on.

Art is great, but the plot was way too weak.