Medusa: A beautiful and profound retelling of Medusa’s story

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Following her rape by the sea god Poseidon – for which Athena punished Medusa by turning her into a gorgon – she fled with her winged sisters to an island where, full of rage and self-loathing, she grows ravenous for connection, “a girl on the edge”. Jessie Burton: her book ‘is destined to become as much an artefact of our own age as it is an illumination of the ancient past’. Las primeras 80 páginas (se leen rapidísimas) me tuvieron muy escéptico sobre si iba a disfrutar este libro.I’m sure this format is one that would entice younger readers to read (whether mythology or other stories). While they undoubtedly beautify an already alluring object, the deeper Higgins leads the reader into her forest of tales, the less necessary they feel. that] reclaims her both as an ordinary teenage girl who was exploited, brutalised then punished and also as a feminist icon who refuses to be a victim when she can be a proud survivor . Burton allows us to see and to believe that we contain multitudes, and that we can be the hero of our own story.

Not only did I enjoy the story itself, but the art to go along with the retelling was equally stunning. A friend that she begins to trust, and with the desire to shed the ‘ache of loneliness’, she opens up to him. The "message" of the story is quite repetitive also and it felt as though paragraphs were being recycled. medusa is my favourite greek myth and i’ve been craving a feminist retelling of it for SO LONG, but this was…a bit of a let down.O livro dá-nos, claro, o ponto de vista da Medusa e faz-nos empatizar com ela, questionando porque é que a associamos à monstruosidade. I marvelled that we could fall for each other without meeting face to face, that the mortal mind was capable of such gymnastics when it wanted. However, I think Burton did a great job of blending the various interpretations in hers, both from the Greek original as well as from Ovid’s more popularised Roman retelling.

Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Most importantly this book looks at self acceptance, accepting and owning who you are despite very dark periods and your mistakes. Though unhappy with her appearance, she shares an interesting relationship with her snakes who each have names and moods that need to be tended.Her full-page colour images harmonise perfectly with a text that, though not always as subtle as it could be, seizes from the very first sentence, its prose pulsing with irresistible, rhythmic energy. They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated!