Rhiannon
Not a bad retelling of a somewhat lesser-known Greek mythology heroine. I appreciated the author’s relatively seamlessly weaving of all the variations of Atalanta into a single narrative (the bears, the Argonauts, Centaurs, the Calydonian boar hunt, the runner and huntress). It is refreshing to see a little more attention paid to the unfamiliar (by popular culture’s standards, anyway) characters of the old myths and having pretty much all the source material in a single story worked out well and made for a satisfying story.
I felt there was some lack in development of the other characters - had there been more this probably would be a solid 4/5 for me, and a few of the plot bits felt rushed which was disappointing.
Overall an okay reinterpretation that proved entertaining enough.
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Not a bad retelling of a somewhat lesser-known Greek mythology heroine. I appreciated the author’s relatively seamlessly weaving of all the variations of Atalanta into a single narrative (the bears, the Argonauts, Centaurs, the Calydonian boar hunt, the runner and huntress). It is refreshing to see a little more attention paid to the unfamiliar (by popular culture’s standards, anyway) characters of the old myths and having pretty much all the source material in a single story worked out well and made for a satisfying story.
I felt there was some lack in development of the other characters - had there been more this probably would be a solid 4/5 for me, and a few of the plot bits felt rushed which was disappointing.
Overall an okay reinterpretation that proved entertaining enough.
Originally posted at www.instagram.com.