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Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

8 reviews

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, War, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Animal death

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

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

3.0

atalanta is my favorite greek hero, so my hopes for this book were very high. it was a solid 4 stars for me until the argonauts returned from their quest. after that, the book felt rushed and at times very predictable, while also lacking depth. it felt like the same effort wasn't given to the writing, honestly :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

desjas's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and War

dexlud's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Atalanta was a great book but there were parts where I was struggling to push through. I enjoyed the last two parts however, as I read through half of Part 3 and Part 4 entirely in 1 day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

k_lorraine's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Without breaking your heart, Atalanta is a timely reminder of the cruelty of a world run by men. Any person who is feeling small and weak should spend time with Atalanta. The book will make you want to curse at the sky.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Slavery

alexisgarcia's review

adventurous reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

unsurprisingly, Jennifer Saint has done it again. her writing is so immersive and lush and i enjoyed it so much! it is my least favorite of Saints books but it it was still really well done! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Death, Abandonment, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

danimacuk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Slavery, and Incest

amhud1030's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

Thank you to Macmillan and Libro.fm.fm for the ALC of this book. 

Another Greek mythology retelling with a female perspective from Jennifer Saint who does a great job deep diving and bringing us into the story that we’ve heard before in a new light. 

Atalanta’s story is very interesting and unique. I enjoyed the story starting when she was an infant and following her through her life. 

The pacing seem to bounce back-and-forth between medium and slow paced. 

This was a really great story with your typical vengeful, gods and goddesses involved with lots of twists some I was not expecting as I did not know about Atalanta previously. 

The narrator was excellent!

If you enjoy Jennifer Saints, previous books and Greek mythology, and then you’ll love this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, War, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief