Reviews tagging 'War'

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

185 reviews

pleaseimgonnavomit's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent and Classism

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

hannahengom's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: War

maxineee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Read this for Laufey’s book club. And finished it the night before the ‘meeting’. For sure not something I would have picked up on my own and it was challenging given I never paid attention to Greek units in middle/high school English classes and spoiled myself for SoA. I got into it maybe halfway through when I started crying and had to take frequent breaks. All I have to say is two things: I will never learn to pronounce the names in this book and Clytemnestra (Clementine for reasons previously stated) did nothing wrong.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Child death

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.0

I liked the writing style of this book and I thought the events (that I already know) were told well, I just didn't care about some of the povs and I thought the ending was a bit underwhelming. Still a good overall story 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

indigo5545's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

beautifully written, and i love the different perspective Saint was able to shed light on

i always thought clytemnestra killed cassandra out of jealousy,, but this version aghh makes it so much better bc it’s out of kindness yusss

yayyy feminism 
#internationalwomansday

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual harassment

melstephens's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault

kaitlyng's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

nexusgoblin's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and War

tortoasa's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape

microbemom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The story of three women that are little control over there lives is both moving and sad.  We see the story from three different perspectives each as interesting as the others.  One sees visions, one obsess with her father, and one that lets revenge rule her life.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War