The dark wife by sarah diemer5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Read more Print length 256 pages Language English Publication date Grade level 8 - 12 Reading age 13 - 17 years Dimensions 13.34 x 1.47 x 20. It won the 2012 Golden Crown Literary Award for Speculative Fiction. Diemer so much for creating this world that I was privileged to see. The Dark Wife is a YA novel, a lesbian revisionist retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth. I can't believe someone had such creativity to write a book like this and I admire Ms./Mrs. I honestly wish that this was the tale and not the horrid one that we know of. more s tale of the Queen of the Underworld. With every page I was brought into the world of the Greek gods and goddesses and given a new perspective on the famou. ![]() ![]() The raw and incredible details made me feel like I was Persephone. Review 2: I have never read anything like this in my entire life. ![]() Review 1: Basically I liked Hades' portrayal there, I liked the feminist themes prominent throughout the book, I was super excited there's a GLBT-friendly interpretation of this couple but I wasn't that fond of the author's prose/writing and as a result of said writing, much to my disappointment, I found it a bit difficult to connect with Persephone as a character, even if I did feel sympathy for her for her situation in the beginning and was glad that she was eventually able to stand up for herself and the people she loves. ![]()
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