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A review by mauvemeg
A Spartan's Sorrow by Hannah Lynn
4.0
“In our darkest moments, we should recognise not just what has been lost, but who continues to stand beside us.”
I am so glad to have found a great retelling of Clytemnestra´s story, as it´s not much portraited. Clytemnestra has a tragic life story, full of sorrow, love, mother´s worries and the feminist undertones in this book really tied it all together. She is one of my favorite women of Greek mythology and I really liked this book. I am writing this review after my re-read and I do have to change my rating from 5⭐ to 4⭐. Of course as with every greek retelling, I would say it just hits different, when you know the original story, as it makes the foreshadowing and the slow buildup even better. Clytemnestra´s story is absolutely tragic and it will always have a spot in my heart. I will gladly return to this book to re-read it again, add some new annotations and remind myself again of her story.
Hannah Lynn is a great writer and makes greek retellings very easy and interesting to read. I absolutely recommend her books and can´t wait for new stories she writes.
I am so glad to have found a great retelling of Clytemnestra´s story, as it´s not much portraited. Clytemnestra has a tragic life story, full of sorrow, love, mother´s worries and the feminist undertones in this book really tied it all together. She is one of my favorite women of Greek mythology and I really liked this book. I am writing this review after my re-read and I do have to change my rating from 5⭐ to 4⭐. Of course as with every greek retelling, I would say it just hits different, when you know the original story, as it makes the foreshadowing and the slow buildup even better. Clytemnestra´s story is absolutely tragic and it will always have a spot in my heart. I will gladly return to this book to re-read it again, add some new annotations and remind myself again of her story.
Hannah Lynn is a great writer and makes greek retellings very easy and interesting to read. I absolutely recommend her books and can´t wait for new stories she writes.