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A review by phantomgecko
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Hoo boy, Clytemnestra's whole story is so frustrating. Like, her story was written a few thousand years ago, and the novel follows the important plot points. It's an exasperating experience to read a story where you know what's going to happen next not because it's predictable but because you've already heard the story before. But the novel has nuance and emotion and motivation and feeling not included in the original myth.
Throughout the whole, Clytemnestra scoffs at prophecy and gods and asserts her will. But...as the reader...you know, you already know, what's going to happen... idk, I can't really capture what I'm trying to say. There's the dramatic irony of it all in a sort of meta way.
Anyway, anyone who says Clytemnestra was a "bad wife" or "wicked queen" can fight me.
Throughout the whole, Clytemnestra scoffs at prophecy and gods and asserts her will. But...as the reader...you know, you already know, what's going to happen... idk, I can't really capture what I'm trying to say. There's the dramatic irony of it all in a sort of meta way.
Anyway, anyone who says Clytemnestra was a "bad wife" or "wicked queen" can fight me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, War, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Misogyny