Reviews

Lost in the Labyrinth by Patrice Kindl

squishies's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

I felt bad for Xenodice being bullied by Ariadne, but at the same time, I wished she'd grow a bit of a backbone and stand up for herself.

Spoiler

I know of the Thesus and the Minotaur story, so figured the poor thing would have been killed, but reading it in Xenodice's perspective (along with Icarus' story) was pretty interesting, if fairly sad.

aprilsarah's review against another edition

4.0

It didn't quiet know what I was getting myself into when I started this book but in the end I found myself caught in the web of mythology that I love so much.

pussreboots's review against another edition

2.0

Removing the minotaur as the main focus, moves the story down midway between horror and realistic fiction. It's a failed attempt to be literary. By moving away from someone who has the most to lose (freedom in the case of Asterion) or one's life (in the case of Theseus or Ariadne) to a privileged secondhand narrator, there is no drama. It might as well be a fictionalized "what I did on my summer vacation" type report read by a girl who has bored herself by writing it.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comments_03/lost_in_the_labyrinth.html

A boring, stilted retelling. Instead, read [b:Bull|30969875|Bull|David Elliott|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1473599101l/30969875._SX50_.jpg|51587156]

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iceangel9's review

4.0

A wonderful re-telling of two famous myths from a very different point of view. Xenodice is the daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae. Her brother is the fabled Minotaur and she is in love with Icarus, whose father built the labyrinth. The myths of Thesus and the Minotaur and Daedalus and Icarus are re-told from Xenodice's point of view. An extraordinary tale from a very strange point of view; which is Kindl's typical style. A must read for lovers of Greek mythology.