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A review by seyoban
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster. I wasn’t familiar with Ariadne’s or Phaedra’s stories prior to reading and so was completely unprepared for the numerous emotional upheavals in store for me. I couldn’t put it down from just wanting to know what on earth could possibly happen next, and each twist and turn still took me by surprise.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Jennifer Saint’s writing style in this book - with Ariadne being her first novel, I’m not sure if her later books improve on this point as I haven’t got round to reading them yet. My pet peeves are unrealistic dialogue or patterns of dialogue that are the same between different characters, which I found in this book. I found some of the metaphors a bit clunky. The feminist themes were veryyyy heavy-handed in how they were presented - I couldn’t agree more with the messaging but it’s a personal preference for there to be more subtlety with how such subjects are handled.
I’m glad I read it but it won’t be one I’ll be returning to. I still intend to check out more of Saint’s work tho.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Jennifer Saint’s writing style in this book - with Ariadne being her first novel, I’m not sure if her later books improve on this point as I haven’t got round to reading them yet. My pet peeves are unrealistic dialogue or patterns of dialogue that are the same between different characters, which I found in this book. I found some of the metaphors a bit clunky. The feminist themes were veryyyy heavy-handed in how they were presented - I couldn’t agree more with the messaging but it’s a personal preference for there to be more subtlety with how such subjects are handled.
I’m glad I read it but it won’t be one I’ll be returning to. I still intend to check out more of Saint’s work tho.