335 reviews for:

The Last Song of Penelope

Claire North

4.34 AVERAGE

moondal514's review

4.25

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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I was very pleasantly surprised how much I liked this book, especially since Telemachus reappears in the narrative and one of my biggest gripes with this series is how much I hate his characterization. I was dreading a bit to see how

Odysseus killing the maids

would go down in this series, but I found North’s ultimate portrayal and handling of it to be quite well done, in my opinion. I also liked how despite everything, North managed to portray convincing homophrosyne between Odysseus and Penelope, which gives her a leg up over every other Penelope retelling I’ve seen. The side characters all shine very well in this book, especially Penelope’s women. Overall, I found this book to be a very satisfying conclusion to this series

modern47man's review

4.0

informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

lgilly's review

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Interesting exploration of return and redemption. Appreciated the development of Odysseus, but atill bitter sweet given all of Penelope’s losses. 

shannontricia829's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous reflective

lisajayne_02's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kar_ma12's review

3.0

slow-paced

emmag1995's review

5.0

adventurous sad tense fast-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: No

nikigajjar's review against another edition

4.0

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Incredible ending to the series. More of a 4.5 for me - I had a hard time settling into Athena’s narration of the story since I liked Aphrodite’s so much in the previous one. It also took me a while to settle into the more Odysseus-centered plot line as opposed to being focused mostly on Penelope.

I don’t normally enjoy battle-heavy books, but I love how Claire North writes all those scenes. I couldn’t put it down

wewantawitness's review against another edition

5.0

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This series was so good - I'm so sad it's over 😭

janey_bones's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark slow-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