Elektra
2022 • 284 pages

Ratings45

Average rating3.4

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My pettiest quibble: it bothered me so much that it was Elektra (rather than Electra) but not Klytemnestra and Kassandra (who are still Clytemnestra and Cassandra). I did say it was petty.

Other than that this was exactly as it said it was: a re-telling. Unfortunately, there are far more interesting ones (Natalie Haynes' A Thousand Ships comes to mind). Furthermore it's called Elektra but focuses additionally on Clytemnestra and Cassandra. Clytemnestra I can understand as part of the family, but Cassandra seems disconnected and felt like the author just needed a Trojan POV. All in all, some poignant moments from the Clytemnestra sections, but ultimately underwhelming.

June 9, 2022