A review by sea_sea
Medea: Stimmen by Christa Wolf

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very interesting rework of Medea. This book focuses on multiple characters of the greek mythology of Medea and the Argonauts, mostly concentrating on her time in Corinth. It shows Medea slowly being destroyed by the people around her, all because she figured out a horrible secret. It also sheds a different light on the murder of her children. In this book she is framed for the murder by the people of Corinth, who push all the blame on her, because she is different. It is written very confusingly sometimes and I only started to appreciate this book after rereading certain chapters. The characters are all so complex and it is very fun to slowly figure out everything. You do have to read very thoroughly and carefully though, it is not easy to read. 
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