Stone Blind, a novel written by Natalie Haynes, is a new look at the story of Medusa. In this tale, Medusa had curly black ringlets. She lived on an island in a cave with her two sisters. Medusa was the only human in a family of gods. When Medusa is punished because Athene is angry with Poseidon, she looses her black ringlets and snakes grow into her head in a painful process that takes days. Also, any living thing she looks at will be turned into stone. Medusa feels her only solution is to live in solitude and to cover her eyes. There are many strong female characters in this book which took me 6 hours to read. Gorgons, monsters, legends are all good topics to take my mind off my other troubles.
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