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Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

38 reviews

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Classism, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and War

hyithia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

• enjoyed how the perspective of Clytemnestra matured as she got older; felt as if I was experiencing the passage of time as Clytemnestea was because the tone of the writing changed as she grew up
• some may call Clytemnestra "morally ambiguous"; this book has made me find her moral compass to align with her circumstance and era
• we love a strong female character
• characters other than Clytemnestra felt developed for the amount of time in the book they were given
• brain too smol to completely understand the political conflicts
• The dynamic between Clytemnestra and Helen was endearing
• I appreciate how vengeful and unforgiving Clytemnestra is
• many intense topics throughout the book

I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had more historical context. there were a lot of references to Greek mythology and politics that I was not familiar with. due to this, it was somewhat difficult to follow the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Murder, Child death, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape

Minor: War

nila's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My book of the year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, and Pregnancy

saskia_ej's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Physical abuse, Slavery, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Violence

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

Considering I’m not one for Greek myths outside of fantasy I surprisingly enjoyed this a considerable amount.  

I don’t have much critique. It paid homage to the odyssey and its characters a lot so is perfect for fans of the classics and all their drama but I’d say a great starter for those new to the myths as it had a family tree and is a clear and concise overview of the worlds of Greek myth 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, War, Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Child death, and Sexual assault

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Pregnancy, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Child death, Slavery, Death, Toxic relationship, War, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Classism, Sexism, War, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, and Trafficking

jessrapearce's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: War

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

laurel616's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hard to put down, the pacing here was quite excellent. longest fiction book I’ve read in a long time and was scared to start it, but I didn’t have anything to fear. Finished within a week. 

Appreciated the formatting in the chapters - the parts and chapters were broken up well, but there were also breaks within the chapters that made it really easy to recall where I was and pick the story back up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Blood, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent and Incest

heyshannon1229's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Child abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Incest, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide