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@bookstodon Because myths belong to everyone, imaginative works should not be made only by people of the heritage where the stories originate or are set, and I love Claire North, I tried Ithaca. In the first two pages I learn that raiders approach the island from the ocean, an ordinary woman might be expected there to own a cow, and living crabs have orange backs. Greek woman fury incoming. Not sure I can continue reading. #Greece #myth #GreekMythology #retelling #MythsRetold #novels
@CommonMugwort @bookstodon I loved Ithaca, up there with First 15 Lives as favourite Claire North, but I've come across quite a few people who didn't enjoy it. Greek myths retold 
so many around atm, and I'm here for it
@satch @bookstodon I am distinctly ambivalent about them, and having descriptions utterly ignorant of the Mediterranean isn’t helping. I’m going to go read some Dickens instead