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Ithaca by Claire North

16 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Misogyny, War, Gore, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Sexism, Xenophobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, and Death of parent

wlreed312's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

For years I have wanted a book about what's going on in Ithaca during the events of the Odyssey, so you can imagine my excitement when I heard about this. And after a kind of rocky start, I ended up enjoying it a lot, but not as much as I had anticipated. For me it was the POV that took me out of it, I honestly didn't like Hera much as a narrator. I wanted to know more of what was going on in Penelope's mind, and this didn't give me as much of that as I would have liked. I also had some issues with how Hera talked about women, there was some cattiness that didn't sit well with me. And there was once or twice where there was a line or two that bordered on homophobic for me.

But in spite of that, I thought the last third of the book was outstanding. We get some really lovely scenes between Penelope and Elektra, as well as between Penelope and Clytemnestra. There is some great dialogue, and I thought the ending was very good. So while it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, it was still very enjoyable.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Sexual violence, and Rape

historic_wince's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

brazenbookbabe's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a great Greek myth retelling. I very much enjoyed Hera as a narrator and this insight into Penelope’s story during her period on Ithaca without Odysseus. It was bitchy and full of feminine rage. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, War, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual violence

tinybluepixel's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Murder, Infidelity, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Death

Moderate: War and Incest

anapthine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment