Rhiannon
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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.
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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.
Added to listWaterwith 18 books.
Wow. Just… wow …
This post-apocalyptic tale of the remnants of humanity barely clinging to life a decade after an alien invasion was astonishingly bleak and soul-crushing, yet infused with the most beautiful and darkest of poetic imagery. The landscape of the western part of North America is rendered in a language that paints pictures of empty vistas of mountains, plains, and deserts with no animal life above that of a rat… but for those few surviving humans who are barely eking out an existence.
And across this empty world is the unnamed woman, who travels from outpost to (disappearing) outpost, delivering hand-written messages as she battles her own PTSD and stunning grief and loss by further isolating herself from human connection. All while quietly evading the invaders and the absolute horror of humanity and what they’ve become.
This story is gorgeously quiet and contemplative, luminous and unsettling, except for when those screeching invaders’ ships blocking out chunks of the sky start howling, or even worse, when the terrifying invaders themselves come churning and screeching across the landscape bent on the unequivocal destruction of any living creature.
A stunning novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended. But gird your heart. This one is merciless.
RIYL: The Road, The Postman, A Quiet Place, Bird Box
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.
Wow. Just… wow …
This post-apocalyptic tale of the remnants of humanity barely clinging to life a decade after an alien invasion was astonishingly bleak and soul-crushing, yet infused with the most beautiful and darkest of poetic imagery. The landscape of the western part of North America is rendered in a language that paints pictures of empty vistas of mountains, plains, and deserts with no animal life above that of a rat… but for those few surviving humans who are barely eking out an existence.
And across this empty world is the unnamed woman, who travels from outpost to (disappearing) outpost, delivering hand-written messages as she battles her own PTSD and stunning grief and loss by further isolating herself from human connection. All while quietly evading the invaders and the absolute horror of humanity and what they’ve become.
This story is gorgeously quiet and contemplative, luminous and unsettling, except for when those screeching invaders’ ships blocking out chunks of the sky start howling, or even worse, when the terrifying invaders themselves come churning and screeching across the landscape bent on the unequivocal destruction of any living creature.
A stunning novel of survival and hope. Highly recommended. But gird your heart. This one is merciless.
RIYL: The Road, The Postman, A Quiet Place, Bird Box
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.
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