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brettshaffer 's review for:
Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint
The description when I bought this book was different from what I expected. I thought the book was just going to explain the events of the Minotaur and the labyrinth. No spoilers, but all this happens in the first 80 pages. I was hooked until after this occurred and then the pacing went way down.
It explained what happened to Ariadne and her sister after the events and it was very dull. No adventures, but just some stagnant, depressing story. Even though the book was only 300 pages, it felt like it took my FOREVER to finish the book. I need to stop expecting books from debut authors to be groundbreaking. It takes time to develop one’s craft.
There were some positives like how the author told us about some of the most famous stories. I liked getting a reminder on some of those. I also liked the message on how women pay the price for the mistakes of men. It hits that to a T and there are some parallels to today’s society.
Overall, I would not read it again, but if you like more detailed stories with weird pacing and Greek mythology retelling with a feminist twist, then I would check it out!
It explained what happened to Ariadne and her sister after the events and it was very dull. No adventures, but just some stagnant, depressing story. Even though the book was only 300 pages, it felt like it took my FOREVER to finish the book. I need to stop expecting books from debut authors to be groundbreaking. It takes time to develop one’s craft.
There were some positives like how the author told us about some of the most famous stories. I liked getting a reminder on some of those. I also liked the message on how women pay the price for the mistakes of men. It hits that to a T and there are some parallels to today’s society.
Overall, I would not read it again, but if you like more detailed stories with weird pacing and Greek mythology retelling with a feminist twist, then I would check it out!