Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Electra by Jennifer Saint

37 reviews

vnfhcxksiw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Toxic friendship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Genocide, Infidelity, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture

coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Blood

faythfarrar's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Child death, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Classism, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, War, and Child abuse

raichou's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Ich habe mich nie viel mit griechischer Mythologie beschäftigt, aber aktuell zieht es mich immer wieder dazu. 

Nach Song of Achilles war es spannend den Trojanischen Krieg aus einer ganz anderen Perspektive zu sehen. 
Anfangs war ich etwas verwirrt, da wir das meiste aus Klytemnästras und Kassandras Perspektive gesehen haben, obwohl das Buch nach Elektra benannt ist.
Aber es hat sich alles zusammen gefunden und die äußeren Einflüsse für das Handeln der einzelnen erklärt. 

Alles in allem ein gutes Buch, doch, außer Kassandra, war mir keiner der Hauptcharaktere besonders sympathisch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Slavery

adrienneb18's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, War, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Pregnancy, Incest, Cannibalism, and Suicidal thoughts

pastlifetragedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, Child death, and War

Minor: Incest, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Rape

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, War, Gore, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

shaylac's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I honestly could not get into this book. I was able to finish it but it took me longer than I expected and I'm not sure if it was because of the 3 different perspectives that didn't really coincide with each other or if it was the the way nothing was really exciting. At some points the plot gets interesting and it holds my attention, then the plot dies and turns to a different perspective.

Spoiler

I was excited to read a book with female POVs but I can't wrap my head around why Cassandra's POV was included in this book. I think it was nice to have her perspective as a princess of Troy but I don't feel that her POV was necessary for this book. Also, I was waiting for the point for all 3 of their perspectives merge into 1 but that didn't happen either. I'm not sure if it's because I don't have the most in depth knowledge of Greek mythology but I couldn't get into this book at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, War, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

ienbdri's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

a lot of daddy issues and incest even for greek mythology

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Incest, Rape, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Slavery, and War