Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Electra by Jennifer Saint

16 reviews

starship_olympus's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I enjoyed it overall, but the middle of the book meandered a bit. It took a little bit of slugging through that bit to get to the parts that moved forward. 
I can’t help but feel that a fifth of it could have been cut, at least of Clytemnestra, post sacrifice. Hers were the slowest bits, there were only so many ways to read about revenge, and it felt repetitive. 
I really liked Cassandra, she was the most interesting character imo, with Elektra’s narration being second.
But overall it was wonderful to read these well known stories from this POV. Inventive and fresh!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

kelburke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest

mokiethe_dog34's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Everyone… sucked. They were all horrible people, but I guess in those days, that was considered normal? Slow-paced but well detailed and written. It’s hard to describe considering the situation at hand was very extensive, but overall it was a good book. Though I’d definitely re-read it to get a better grasp of it.

-SHOUTOUT TO MY BOI, ORESTES. he was chill-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

tmickey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

motleybooksandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and War