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Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint
Ariadne will stay with me for a long time. This story of an enchanting young woman was empowering and heart breaking at the same time.
The first 100 pages were mostly spent telling of Ariadne's upbringing and how the mythological stories of her Gods impacted her life. As someone unfamiliar with mythology, I read slowly and carefully, trying to understand the world she lived in and trying to remember these stories as they were woven into the novel later on. I ultimately found the first 100 pages dry and very predictable. That, however, was my mistake.
I had gotten comfortable in how easily her life seemed to fall together, that when a life-changing twist occurred at the end of Part 1, I was completely caught off guard. After part 1, I could not put this book down. A magical love story that forced her to unpack childhood trauma, learn to trust, and learn to lose people.
Flowing easily through 20-something years of Ariadne's life, the true tragedy of her existence made me rather depressed. I wanted so much for her that I could never stop reading though. The granddaughter of the sun and the princess of a mad king, Ariadne deserved the world, and instead, she was misused and left behind, having no one to rely on but herself.
Ariadnes message was clearly the value of honesty and integrity and a warning of Man's greed. Ultimately this novel perfectly and soul-crushingly described the price women pay for men’s mistakes.
The first 100 pages were mostly spent telling of Ariadne's upbringing and how the mythological stories of her Gods impacted her life. As someone unfamiliar with mythology, I read slowly and carefully, trying to understand the world she lived in and trying to remember these stories as they were woven into the novel later on. I ultimately found the first 100 pages dry and very predictable. That, however, was my mistake.
I had gotten comfortable in how easily her life seemed to fall together, that when a life-changing twist occurred at the end of Part 1, I was completely caught off guard. After part 1, I could not put this book down. A magical love story that forced her to unpack childhood trauma, learn to trust, and learn to lose people.
Flowing easily through 20-something years of Ariadne's life, the true tragedy of her existence made me rather depressed. I wanted so much for her that I could never stop reading though. The granddaughter of the sun and the princess of a mad king, Ariadne deserved the world, and instead, she was misused and left behind, having no one to rely on but herself.
Ariadnes message was clearly the value of honesty and integrity and a warning of Man's greed. Ultimately this novel perfectly and soul-crushingly described the price women pay for men’s mistakes.