335 reviews for:

The Last Song of Penelope

Claire North

4.34 AVERAGE

queenie1225's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ndemorat's review

3.5

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

klueck's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

munitaib's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5, the 0.5 being the pay-off of the lovely momentum of the last two books. Thinking back on it, I’m amazed that I had any reasonable expectation that the first book about Penelope’s saga would fit into a stand alone novel. I loved this series even more as it grew. Sometimes, the characterization of the Gods and the general humor was a little too coy and on the nose but even that aspect developed an endearing rhythm to the story over the course of its telling.

I loved Penelope’s approach to rulership and sisterhood. I enjoyed how they were contrasted against her cousins Helen and Clytemnestra’s own personal philosophies and stories. I’m still in awe at how North has managed to so productively reframe my thinking of them. I will particularly carry the idea of ‘Helen as the women who broke the world’ forward with me.

I’m afraid that my newly developed itch for Penelopiads will be a problem going forward. I pray to Athena that I can find work as good as Claire North’s novels to scratch it.

jacklkilker's review against another edition

4.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mathildee's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eujichinaejr's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

imi_l's review

5.0

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

katiecanttalk's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

waxponds's review against another edition

4.25

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Wisdom is not always kind, truth not gentle, and neither am I.

sometimes i get scared that feminist retellings of greek mythology can get over done, but this one isnt the case. it was a really good conclusion to a trilogy i enjoyed a lot! i'll probably give all 3 books another read in the future