I'm tired of authors "rewriting" classic myths in a feminist way and failing to do anything original with them. If you’re desperate to read every single book written about the Trojan War, then absolutely read Elektra.

When Clytemnestra first speaks Iphigenia’s name, it’s written like a dun dun dun moment, like Saint knows that her mythology-fan readers will recognize Iphigenia and her role in the war.

The spellbinding new retelling of the Trojan War drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all. The creative language used in Elektra only made the story richer, and didn't feel like a tool to fluff up an otherwise disappointing author's writing.

Nevertheless, I wanted to read this if only for my love of mythology and I am glad that I did despite this not being as good as the author's previous book. uk will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing.Saint really knows how to create a wonderful story that really puts you into the pages of the book, I got so lost in it I could barely put it down once I had started. The depiction of the impact of the war was also sensitively told, highlighting both the emotional toil along with the impact of ‘glorious’ propaganda in a way that comments not only on Troy but resonates with a modern audience.

I know Saint's just following the original text, but my GOD does Elektra get exhausting after a while. Her drowning, never-ending grief was portrayed so well, her fierce love for her children felt so tangible that it felt like *I* lost people beloved to me as well. Cassandra, Princess of Troy, cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it.Her chapters, while the events themselves are highly compelling, the way she tells them is just dull. But the long periods of waiting between events, the awkwardly chosen POVs, and the unspectacular writing left me fairly cold. Next we have Cassandra the princess of Troy who upon refusing the god Apollo’s advances was cursed to be able to foretell the future but never be believed. Or perhaps it is more appropriate to say I never could figure out why she couldn’t provide a reasonable voice to what she was seeing. There couldn't be a better opening sentence for me, I was instantly hooked and couldn't put the book down.