Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Electra by Jennifer Saint

83 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

saintsunflower's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I've recently been loving Greek novels led by women, and I've already read two others about the Siege of Troy. But I still enjoyed reading about it again. Clytemnestra and Cassandra have both come up in other novels but Elektra's perspective was new, and also adds a level of moral complexity to Clytemnestra's story.

There were definitely some sections that felt repetitive after A Thousand Ships and The Silence of the Girls. But that was entirely down to my experience and no reflection on the writing, which is fantastic.

As Agamemnon returns to Mycenae we entered newer territory, particularly in Elektra and Orestes' stories, and I found myself much more engaged. But like with Ariadne, there is no happy ending or redemption in these stories. There is a sense of futility to the vengeance Clytemnestra and Elektra crave, and an inevitability to their stories.

I'm excited to read Atalanta, which is a completely new story to me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape

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

elinorswing's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, and Murder

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexism, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Trafficking, War, Classism, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Incest, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Rape, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

lavendermoons's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder and Blood

Minor: Rape and Emotional abuse

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

samburkhouse's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment