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A review by qiaosilin
The Whispering Muse by Sjón, Victoria Cribb
3.0
2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars.
The Whispering Muse is about an Icelandic man who joins the crew of the MS Elizabet Jung-Olsen, a merchant ship owned by a family friend. On board, the second mate is Caeneus, who tells the crew tales of when he was with Jason and the Argonauts aboard the Argo.
The story was compact, wonderfully written and easy to get through despite how long it took me to read it (technically only a few hours total, but I had to spread it out due to packing, etc.). Caeneus's tales were nicely told and a great new way to revisit the mythology. Unfortunately, there just didn't seem to be a point to the story; I couldn't tell where the plot was going, what the point of listening to Caeneus re-tell his time on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece was. Maybe I just don't get it?
The Whispering Muse is about an Icelandic man who joins the crew of the MS Elizabet Jung-Olsen, a merchant ship owned by a family friend. On board, the second mate is Caeneus, who tells the crew tales of when he was with Jason and the Argonauts aboard the Argo.
The story was compact, wonderfully written and easy to get through despite how long it took me to read it (technically only a few hours total, but I had to spread it out due to packing, etc.). Caeneus's tales were nicely told and a great new way to revisit the mythology. Unfortunately, there just didn't seem to be a point to the story; I couldn't tell where the plot was going, what the point of listening to Caeneus re-tell his time on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece was. Maybe I just don't get it?