Elektra: No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of ARIADNE

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Elektra: No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of ARIADNE

Elektra: No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of ARIADNE

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Elektra is an insufferable title character I have no empathy for and Cassandra is as useless to the plot as her curse makes her to those around her. The whole thing where she TRIED TO REASON HER FATHER'S TAKING AND *RAPING* OF BRISEIS JUST LEFT ME SHOCKED. I feel like Saint's retellings just follow the original texts too closely, but that's on me, not her. Negative stuff: this book is still no better than Ariadne, but it at least got a little bit interesting after Agammemnon's death. But as much as I appreciate how they took more initiative, it is difficult, if not impossible, to ignore how some of those choices are just simply flawed and come with terrible consequences.

I mean I’m putting a spoiler up but does it count as a spoiler when these poems and plays have been around for over 2000 years? Elektra seeked her father's approval so much and got SOOO blinded by the legacy of tHe miGhTy hOuSe oF aTrEuS and revenge that she willingly overlooked the fact that her father was a cruel, terrible, spiteful, petty and weak man, the cold-blooded murder of her sister, friendship of another sister, undeniable pain and grief of her poor mother, and the grim future she set for her brother; the rose-colored glasses of childhood nostalgia for pathetic little interactions she had with her father that MEANT NOTHING TO HIM blinded her ass so much to the truth that it's honestly so fucking frustrating. I've never really cared much about Elektra's character before, but after this, hope I NEVER read ANYTHING about this whining, revengeful little assbag ever again. The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin.For readers who are familiar with the Classics and/or enjoy the plethora of retellings revolving around the Trojan War, it should not surprise you that there is not much about the Trojan War itself in the retellings that will strike you as completely new. I have long been a fan of Greek mythology, and when I see a new retelling, I instantly gravitate towards it.

Elektra' is a beautiful, haunting, twisted, and fascinating Greek retelling, inextricably bound to tragedy, mystery, intrigue, and retribution. When Clytemnestra first speaks Iphigenia’s name, it’s written like a dun dun dun moment, like Saint knows that her mythology-fan readers will recognize Iphigenia and her role in the war.Admittedly, I didn't particularly like Elektra, as a person, but her story was just as interesting to me as the others'.

Especially considering that this was a (feminist) retelling, it was aggravating to read that the girl first didn't acknowledge that her mother was using a man / boy to get revenge for Agamemnon's crime (as if only men could do that), while making excuses for her father despite him having killed her older sister, only to then turn on her mother for not seeing that everyone must be doing everything to please the gods (effectively not caring about her supposedly beloved sister) and plotting to murder Clytemnestra to avenge Agamemnon. Previous The Neanderthals Rediscovered : How A Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. The biggest sin Elektra commits is making me wish I were reading a version of the story with a more traditional focus. I don't want to give anything away fro the readers who are unfamiliar with the story, but I felt for all the characters, so many women who were used as pawns in the games of men and gods and suffered for it.

Elektra did exactly that- telling the story of the Trojan War through the lens of three women for whom the heroic battle leads to personal tragedy. However, instead of focusing on the male heroes who usually helm such tales, Saint instead tells the story through the lens of three women: Agamemnon’s wife Clytemnestra, their daughter Elektra, and Apollo’s cursed prophetess Cassandra. This is without a doubt my favourite book that Saint has released, I never knew just how desperate I was for the voices of Elektra, Cassandra and Clytemnestra until I started to read this wonderful novel. Jennifer Saint is now a full-time author, living in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two children.



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