A review by thebookwalian
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Atalanta - the forgotten female argonaut. Of course, I was intrigued when I spotted this in the description. After years of being bored to death by a seemingly endless supply of Greek myths about manly men mannily manning around, how could I not be interested in reading about this independent female character that was clearly lost somewhere in amongst all the aforementioned manliness?
The opening hooked me immediately - a baby girl left on a mountain to die gets adopted by a bear? I immediately wanted to know more.
I'll admit my interest waned a little around the midsection of the book - we followed along with the various pit stops of the argonaut on its quest and isn't much flow to the narrative, but that is the way with these old stories. When we focused in on Atalanta's story a little more in her own right, I really enjoyed it.

5* audiobook narration, too. Lovely voice to listen to and saved me the effort of stressing over how to pronounce all the Greek names...
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