An excellent retelling of the illyad from the perspective of potroclus
An excellent retelling of the illyad from the perspective of potroclus
Jen Calonita is the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author of more than thirty books for teens and middle grade. Her books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated into 15 languages.
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My 8 year old & have been reading this at bedtime, she‘s obsessed. She has become obsessed with mythology & is always checking out books at the library about Greek mythology. This is my first time reading the series. As you can see this book is well loved (my husband read this series to our middle child at least twice). All of my kids have ADHD, so having a character that they can relate to & see their disability represented matters. #bookspin
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Medusa was not a monster. Perseus was not a hero. The gods are cruel and the myths ring of injustice.
None of this was news to me, yet this retelling — which weaves together opposing narrators and pulls in context from adjacent tales — feels fresh, even though I know where it‘s all headed. (Pun intended?)
Maybe not an instant classic like the last two book club picks, but still a great read that I‘m looking forward to discussing. 🐍
It was off to a good start. She wrote common, cheesy cliches that have been done way too many times so I lost my enthusiasm for the story mid book. Also, I feel like this author had way too many similarities with Lore Olympus and I don‘t think thats right, to benefit off an already popular story. I wouldn‘t say the book is bad, I don‘t regret reading it. Just wish she was a little more original.
“The need to ask Why mortals bloom like flowers and crumbled to nothing ? Why their absence left a gnawing ache , a hollow void that could never be filled ? And how everything they once were , that spark within them , could be extinguished so completely yet the world did not collapse under the weight of so much pain and grief . “
The tale of Achilles, as told by Patroclus. This book explores the relationship that may have been more than just leader and henchman, as suggested in Iliad. While some scholars claim their relationship was not romantic, this book explores the possibility that it may have been and it feels like MM may have drawn some of her ideas from the Shakespeare portrayal about them being nothing but sexual. Book #25 in 2024