3.96k reviews for:

Atalanta

Jennifer Saint

3.75 AVERAGE

amandawidgay's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thelionthewitchandthedumbslut's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

marissa_beeeeee's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

annakh16's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book was fine, nothing more, but it held my attention well enough. 

The writing is fluent and easy to read. However, I found that the story sometimes suffered from “telling, not showing“ syndrome. Key battles are kept quite short, as are many sad parts e.g.

the deaths of Idmon and Meleager

. As a result, the pacing often felt flat. I still enjoyed learning more about Atalanta‘s story though. (And a sidenote: her not clocking Jason because he was so “unremarkable“ was hilarious). 

Overall, I’d say this is the weakest of the Jennifer Saint books I‘ve read so far, but it got me out of a reading slump, so yay!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Pregnancy

oatgroats's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

glitter_reversi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mg_18's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

lookpook's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous medium-paced

emilia13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really enjoyed this retelling. I enjoyed that it was written in 1st person, giving a more personal take on Greek mythology which typically feels more distant and harder to relate to. I found the story of Atalanta quite beautiful and emphasised with her struggles and challenges. I found her a bit unfeeling at times however her characterisation made sense considering her backstory.  Overall this book was easy to read but still had an almost artist touch to it 

duda2244's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No