Elektra
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A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne.
Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding. Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family's bloody history, or is her destiny bound by violence, too?Show more
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I must admit I enjoyed Ariadne more, and other myth retellings even more so. Something about this book just didn't strike me well, the rhythm was shaky and limping, and I found especially Clytemnestra's inner thoughts just annoyingly spelt out. However, I love seeing a myth from a different, especially feminine, perspective, and would skip this book.
Somehow managed to make three of the most interesting women in greek mythology (two of them my personal favorites!) deeply boring. What could have been a compelling, emotional, multigenerational family saga of murder, warfare, and political ambition/machinations is instead a boring, straight retelling, nothing added. Major important plot points and exposition are given in long paragraphs-long dialogue.
Elektra is whiny, so up her father's ass tha...read more
Elektra is whiny, so up her father's ass tha...read more
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