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booknerd1977 's review for:
Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint
3.5 stars
I am a fan of Greek myth, fairytale, and folklore retellings. Overall, I enjoyed this one. The writing was engaging, and I liked having the main characters be women who usually are supporting cast to the men of these stories. With that said, I will agree with other reviewers that this really wasn’t a “feminist” take on this story. It highlighted the suffering of women at the hands of men, that is so often a theme in this genre. However, I did not feel this was a story of these women overcoming their suffering or their situation. Other reviewers had more of a problem with the storyline and the fact that the author “did not do enough” with the original story. If I was more familiar with the story/history of these particular characters, I might have felt the same. This book was fairly slow at times (contributed to my rating), and the direction the author chose for the ending was a bit disappointing. Still worth reading.
I am a fan of Greek myth, fairytale, and folklore retellings. Overall, I enjoyed this one. The writing was engaging, and I liked having the main characters be women who usually are supporting cast to the men of these stories. With that said, I will agree with other reviewers that this really wasn’t a “feminist” take on this story. It highlighted the suffering of women at the hands of men, that is so often a theme in this genre. However, I did not feel this was a story of these women overcoming their suffering or their situation. Other reviewers had more of a problem with the storyline and the fact that the author “did not do enough” with the original story. If I was more familiar with the story/history of these particular characters, I might have felt the same. This book was fairly slow at times (contributed to my rating), and the direction the author chose for the ending was a bit disappointing. Still worth reading.