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A review by notvibing
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
3.0
Greek mythology and sapphic characters, what more could I ask for?
[Rating closer to 3.5, actually]
Elizabeth Tammi wrote a wonderful story about two Greek heroines who have been through a fair share of tragedy and who both don't act like people around them want them to. Atalanta and Kahina are forced to get along and it takes some time for them to get used to their new situations.
I'm quite the fan of both Greek mythology and stories about sapphic characters so I knew this would be my thing. And it kind of was! I really liked the characters and the plot was inventive, original and felt like a great extension of a Greek myth (even though I didn't know about this specific myth before)
What I'm not such a fan of is flowery prose and long descriptions. I know some people will love this story more because of that but I'm just not one of these people. I liked Tammi's writing but I would have enjoyed it more had it been 20% shorter. Long descriptions tend to bore me and through that, the story was quite slow paced and I took me a long time to get into it. In the beginning, I really couldn't connect to any of the characters and I felt like they were constantly just thinking instead of doing stuff. Eh.
Still, I enjoyed reading this book this is a debut novel after all and for that, it's certainly impressive!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley/North Star Editions.
[Rating closer to 3.5, actually]
Elizabeth Tammi wrote a wonderful story about two Greek heroines who have been through a fair share of tragedy and who both don't act like people around them want them to. Atalanta and Kahina are forced to get along and it takes some time for them to get used to their new situations.
I'm quite the fan of both Greek mythology and stories about sapphic characters so I knew this would be my thing. And it kind of was! I really liked the characters and the plot was inventive, original and felt like a great extension of a Greek myth (even though I didn't know about this specific myth before)
What I'm not such a fan of is flowery prose and long descriptions. I know some people will love this story more because of that but I'm just not one of these people. I liked Tammi's writing but I would have enjoyed it more had it been 20% shorter. Long descriptions tend to bore me and through that, the story was quite slow paced and I took me a long time to get into it. In the beginning, I really couldn't connect to any of the characters and I felt like they were constantly just thinking instead of doing stuff. Eh.
Still, I enjoyed reading this book this is a debut novel after all and for that, it's certainly impressive!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley/North Star Editions.