Elektra: No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of ARIADNE

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Saint really puts her own style and voice to these myths in a way that very few have successfully accomplished, and you really are able to fully comprehend all that has happened to the ladies, and just what mindset and reasoning you would have to kill your own mother and whether or not it was morally right to do so. The complicated mother-daughter relationship between Clytemnestra and Elektra, each obsessed with their respective quest for revenge, was brilliantly penned. and, because of that, i think i now prefer reimaginings, rather than faithful retellings, which is what this book is.

this novel tells the stories of three women who are impacted by the trojan war - clytemnestra, elektra, and cassandra (why this book is named after only elektra, i couldnt tell you).I feel the voices of the two women were just too alike, both being young and having a similar tone to their voices. An exciting, lyrical new retelling of the trojan war stories from Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times , May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times , April 2021).

This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods.Elektra seeked her father's approval so much and got SOOO blinded by the legacy of tHe miGhTy hOuSe oF aTrEuS and revenge that she willingly overlooked the fact that her father was a cruel, terrible, spiteful, petty and weak man, the cold-blooded murder of her sister, friendship of another sister, undeniable pain and grief of her poor mother, and the grim future she set for her brother; the rose-colored glasses of childhood nostalgia for pathetic little interactions she had with her father that MEANT NOTHING TO HIM blinded her ass so much to the truth that it's honestly so fucking frustrating. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, unflinching in her loyalty to her father chooses to justify his actions as the will of the Gods and will do anything to exact revenge on those who were responsible for her father’s demise. Her storyline feels one-dimensional, with her only trait being her obsession with her father and how great he is. The relationship between mother and daughter is very fraught and obviously does not end well for either of them.

Circetells the story of the witch that Odysseus meets on his journey home, so it is more Odyssey than Iliad, but it is still very much worth reading.

Also, Iphigenia's death scene was so gruesome and so well-done and Clytemnestra's raw pain after was quiet painful to read that I actually skimmed some because I couldn't handle the gore and grief anymore.

For lovers of Greek Mythology, it is wonderful to see the world from the eyes and perspective of these women.to have been kidnapped by Agamemnon because the place she lives in now is so pretty and a palace like the one Cassandra grew up in and how being raped by a king (especially one like her fantastic father) is such an honor. I’m less familiar with the stories of heroes than gods, and I’ve never actually read The Iliad (I know, I know) so the main stories in Elektra were only peripherally familiar to me.