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fee_jay's review
3.0
Fairly compelling when it was good (the first half, mostly, dealing with Clytemnestra and Orestes) but Electra got given short shrift. Maybe it’s because I am a middle aged woman with some rage that I found Clytemnestra’s story the most engaging, maybe it’s because the divine Juliet Stevenson was the reader.
zephrains's review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
elena_revisited's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kingarooski's review against another edition
5.0
Outstanding retelling of the story of Orestes, Clytemnestra and Electra.
stighe's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
_ivi_'s review against another edition
5.0
"I smiled because I knew that this would be the last episode of happiness I would know in my life, and that it was being played out by my husband, in all his weakness, for as long as possible."
What a beautiful and immensely brutal novel. I must confess I am a sucker for Greek retellings, but Colm Tóibín really did the myths justice. I remember despising the stories of the curse of the House of Atreus as a teen, imagining the Greek gods as too cruel, petty and vengeful. Yet the story here, though still as tragic, was presented so beautifully and tenderly that one imagines the sorrow and grief that set the chain of events.
nikolettaaa's review
3.0
I had a weird experience with this book. I feel like it needed a lot more explaining in some events and generally felt like there was a lot missing.
krobart's review against another edition
3.0
See my review here:
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/day-1085-house-of-names/
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/day-1085-house-of-names/