The writing won‘t matter when Juliet Stevenson is one of the narrators. 😃
The writing won‘t matter when Juliet Stevenson is one of the narrators. 😃
Brilliant telling.
Requested a cleanse from reading Little Cruelties and this was recommended.
Psyche and Eros has been a favorite myth of mine for quite a while. I even worked on my own retelling a few years ago, but I couldn't quite get to the bottom of the emotional truths I was trying to convey. This is a solid retelling, and I like how McNamara puts it in the context of Greek history, but while it incorporates ideas from recent retellings of other myths (Achilles, Medusa), I'm not sure it adds much of a new perspective on the story.
Happy World Book Day!
"He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating countless widows, orphans and slaves. Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?"
#SpringSkies Days 21 & 22 #AwardWinner #Tragedy
I missed yesterday but this one works for both prompts. So good. So sad 😭
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
1. I feel like I'm on the edge of doing something cool and creative and potentially cathartic, although I don't know yet what that might be. Maybe just a butternut squash soup innovation or something related to chord progressions (like maybe learning how they work).
2. Camille and Silo!
3. Great horned owl (in a place where they don't use poison on rodents) or a barn swallow.
4. Done!
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12
Made all the better by the fact I‘m currently in Pelion Greece I loved this book - It‘s an adaptation of a classic Greek legend of the fate of Achilles - full of passion , war , Greek gods and drama ! . A very good read !