Jennifer saint elektra review5/19/2023 I love the way in which Jennifer Saint is able to give them all such distinct voices – from the quietness of Cassandra’s voice, to the bitter grief that rages through Clytemnestra whose grief for her child leads to a terrible consequences and Elektra’s passion and love for her father that leads to even more tragedy. This is a really gritty read, every image of death and murder that comes through is vividly described – as well as the depth in which the author goes into detail about the emotions that the characters go through (in particular the effects of grief and isolation) makes it seem as though while it is impossible to completely like them, with the female characters you get a real sense of why they felt that they had to do what they did. It is a story about a family curse, violence and death that recounts the story of the siege of Troy as seen through the eyes of three women: Clytemnestra, Cassandra and Elektra – but interestingly enough not from a woman who helped in some way to bring about the Trojan War, Helen. It is not easy to recreate a format that was so successful for your first novel and to then replicate it as equally if not better than before – but that is what Jennifer Saint has done with Elektra. Jennifer Saint follows her debut novel Ariadne with an equally compelling re-telling of the story of Elektra, her family and of course the famous Helen.
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