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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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:
Yes
Overall, I really enjoyed this one - it might be my favorite Jennifer Saint book so far purely because of the ending, and I liked Atalanta a lot. The adventures of the Argonauts and the fallout after were all interesting, and of course really hits on the folly of man. My main problem - and I've felt this with all her books - is that the action feels very flat. Things just kind of... happen. We don't spend much time in the battles, we just sort of float from scene to scene, and while this could partially be argues as part of the point of the novel - Atalanta feeling that they're living in the glory of others - it just doesn't work for me.
The twist All in all this is an enjoyable and quick book, but still not my fav re-teller.
The twist
Spoiler
of her ultimately being happy with her "curse", getting to be an animal, was the best part.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Review may contain spoilers.
Ya'll, I just don't know about this author. This is the second work I have read by Saint [the first being Elektra]. And look, I cleaned by public and high school library OUT of books on Greek mythology when I was in Junior High. I was a bit too old for Percy Jackson when they came out, but those would have been right up my alley.
So it makes sense that these novels, all of which seem to be a retelling of Greek mythology from a women's point of view, would be my perfect cup of tea. But they just aren't. And I cannot quite articulate why beyond that they simply leave me feeling a bit unfulfilled.
Atalanta is a story of a remarkable young women, raised first by bears when she is abandoned by her father [a king disappointed in having a girl] and then my Artemis and her nymphs in an idyllic forest setting. Here she is transformed, under a Artemis's tutelage, into a warrior that rivals such classics as Heracles, Jason, and other demi-gods. When Artemis sends her has her envoy to join the Argonauts, she leaves to seek a name for herself, boosted by the blessing of Artemis [so long as she remains a virgin--we can remake Greek mythology, but we choose to keep this obsession with virginity? Weird choice.]. Atalanta joins this group of hereos, finding them and their actions all together underwhelming. When she returns to Artemis, disillusioned and heartbroken, her life is spared by her patron goddess, but, due to having sex, she is abandoned. When her absent [and infanticidal?] father tries to reclaim her, she faces his challenges and comes into her own...sort of?
I disliked the ending, but then, what could a world run by men have offered [any woman] Atalanta? Perhaps it is not this novel that has left me unfulfilled, but instead the knowledge that women cannot become all that they are meant to be in world governed by men without losing something.
Ya'll, I just don't know about this author. This is the second work I have read by Saint [the first being Elektra]. And look, I cleaned by public and high school library OUT of books on Greek mythology when I was in Junior High. I was a bit too old for Percy Jackson when they came out, but those would have been right up my alley.
So it makes sense that these novels, all of which seem to be a retelling of Greek mythology from a women's point of view, would be my perfect cup of tea. But they just aren't. And I cannot quite articulate why beyond that they simply leave me feeling a bit unfulfilled.
Atalanta is a story of a remarkable young women, raised first by bears when she is abandoned by her father [a king disappointed in having a girl] and then my Artemis and her nymphs in an idyllic forest setting. Here she is transformed, under a Artemis's tutelage, into a warrior that rivals such classics as Heracles, Jason, and other demi-gods. When Artemis sends her has her envoy to join the Argonauts, she leaves to seek a name for herself, boosted by the blessing of Artemis [so long as she remains a virgin--we can remake Greek mythology, but we choose to keep this obsession with virginity? Weird choice.]. Atalanta joins this group of hereos, finding them and their actions all together underwhelming. When she returns to Artemis, disillusioned and heartbroken, her life is spared by her patron goddess, but, due to having sex, she is abandoned. When her absent [and infanticidal?] father tries to reclaim her, she faces his challenges and comes into her own...sort of?
I disliked the ending, but then, what could a world run by men have offered [any woman] Atalanta? Perhaps it is not this novel that has left me unfulfilled, but instead the knowledge that women cannot become all that they are meant to be in world governed by men without losing something.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated