Her perspective quickly becomes whiny and repetitive, and I could feel my eyes rolling around in my head whenever it's her turn. Her storyline feels one-dimensional, with her only trait being her obsession with her father and how great he is. Where this fell short for me is with Elektra. While she isn't a big character in mythology, her story is definitely interesting. We also follow Cassandra, a princess of Troy with the gift of foresight but the curse that none would believe her. I was instantly swept up in her narrative and felt sympathy and heartbreak for her plight. Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon and mother of Elektra, was by far my favorite of the storylines. Though the title would have you thinking this story is centered on one woman, it actually follows three separate women during the time of the Trojan War. So I'm a bit flummoxed that Elektra didn't turn out to be the reading experience I was hoping for. The tales of passion and tragedy, war and loss, glory and triumph always hit the right spot for me. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.Įlektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war.I cannot hope for the future, for I know what it is to become.Whenever I'm in a reading slump and I need something to shake me out of my funk, Greek mythology is what I reach for. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus.

Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. This Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition includes a bonus deleted scene and has special case and endpaper colors.Ī spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. She is the internationally bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne. She spent the next thirteen years as an English teacher, sharing a love of literature and creative writing with her students. Join Jennifer Saint as she discusses her new novel and May Book Club selection, “ELEKTRA.”ĭue to a lifelong fascination with Ancient Greek mythology, Jennifer Saint read Classical Studies at King’s College, London.

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