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august_slippedaway 's review for:
Elektra
by Jennifer Saint
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed it for the most part but wasn’t the strongest of Jennifer Saint’s writing.
The multiple perspective approach is engaging and enables a broad story to be told!
Although at some points I found Saint to be a bit repetitive, rewriting the same point in slightly different ways as a filler technique. I also found that there was limits in the character differences of the three narrator voices. I think more variation in their personalities would have made the book strong for me.
Part 3 and 4 were by far the most engaging and had some great emotional moments. Saint well captured the complexity of Elektra and Clytemnestra’s relationship. A highlight for me was how Saint captured the rage of Clytemnestra and the events at Aulis.
Although I sometimes think Saint takes a more passive feminist view of Agamemnon ( could just be personal preference) I enjoyed the way she acknowledged women’s stories.
Overall this is a decent book but is a well understood retelling on part of Saint.
I definitely found it much weaker than her other books but I’ll continue to read more of her work!
The multiple perspective approach is engaging and enables a broad story to be told!
Although at some points I found Saint to be a bit repetitive, rewriting the same point in slightly different ways as a filler technique. I also found that there was limits in the character differences of the three narrator voices. I think more variation in their personalities would have made the book strong for me.
Part 3 and 4 were by far the most engaging and had some great emotional moments. Saint well captured the complexity of Elektra and Clytemnestra’s relationship. A highlight for me was how Saint captured the rage of Clytemnestra and the events at Aulis.
Although I sometimes think Saint takes a more passive feminist view of Agamemnon ( could just be personal preference) I enjoyed the way she acknowledged women’s stories.
Overall this is a decent book but is a well understood retelling on part of Saint.
I definitely found it much weaker than her other books but I’ll continue to read more of her work!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, War
Moderate: Gore, Incest