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Medusa: The Girl Behind the Myth (Illustrated Gift Edition)

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With each day affection grows on both sides, with Perseus declaring that he thinks he loves Medusa, Medusa realizes that she feels the same.

a must-read for women of all ages' - Red magazine 'Utterly transporting' - Guardian Books of the Year '.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Medusa’s happy fishing life with her sisters is replaced with an isolated existence on a deserted island. But one day a handsome man rowed up to her shores, making her question everything she thought she wanted. One day a young man lands on the island as if blown off course, but armed with his sword, shield and winged sandals all kept covered on his boat.

It ailed her to think of people either adoring or being jealous of her for her beauty, as it seemed this was something that belonged to them, rather than to her. With a look that would turn men to stone, Medusa has earned her place in Greek mythology as the ruthless Gorgon, with a head of snakes.How due to a prophecy that his grandson will kill him, Danaë's father locked her in a room, preventing her from marrying. Burton’s interpretation of Medusa is not the stereotypical fixation of a monster deployed as an opponent in a hero’s golden quest. The Greek myths are some of the most lasting tales—often because the stories contain themes that still ring true today as social metaphors—though, as Natalie Hayne’s novel Stone Blind observes, how much of the tales of great heroes are sanitized towards glory due to their status as victors over what we’ve been told are monsters.

The illustration style wasn’t quite my thing but I enjoyed seeing visuals from the story nonetheless, and I sped through the book easily.

Athena becomes her best friend and first crush, and together they form a duo which is ripped apart by circumstance, leaving Nuala unprotected, unable to save herself.

It is predictable and certainly not the most interesting addition to the current clutch of myth retelling tomes. Medusa's story is one that has long captivated me and I implicitly trusted Jessie Burton to deliver her story with the sensitivity and depth of emotion her character deserved, and with an empowering spin and full female autonomy that all women deserve.I'm a huge fan of greek mythology and Medusa has always been one of my favourites but this beautiful retelling is unlike nothing I have read of her before. Even though I’m familiar with the details of the story, I was still at the edge of my seat waiting for the big reveal, which is impressive!

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