author: erica jong
completion date: 15/10/10
method: borrowed (mum)
now, i was a little shocked by this novel. i was expecting this book to actually be a little bit dry, but was hoping that it might be filled with sappho's poetry. however, i was shocked at how sexual it was. the entire novel was about sappho's sexual conquests. which i was surprised by. i mean i know that almost every greek story is about sex, and lots of times it is inappropriate (oedipus anyone?), but this seemed a little excessive. it was filled with more sex than that harlequin romance i just read (review to follow).
i did enjoy leaning more about her life and reading her poetry, which was beautiful. i don't have a ton of experience with her poetry. however, the great love story within it, i don't know if i believed it, for the same reason i had problems with the disappeared. sappho, although she did not remain loyal, she remained in love with alcaeus for her whole journey and was always thrilled to reunite with him. now i did like that she didn't just go along with everything he wanted. she was not a useless heroine at all. she did what she wanted to do and i respected that, but it was so up and down. i enjoyed this novel, but i didn't love it. it was a but like a trashy beach novel with legs actually. how do i put this, it as a beach novel in disguise as a great greek novel.
xo-ellebee
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