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Elektra by Jennifer Saint

47 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

clairiewairie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Slavery

littlewishling's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A brutal book in the best way. Saint brings Greek myth to live in a way that shows it’s cruelty whilst keeping you enthralled each step of the way. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual violence

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

clazbog's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Sexual violence

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

2.0

Listening to this audiobook was a little confusing because I could not recognize who was speaking from who’s pov, it would’ve helped if they said the name of the character at the beginning. Other than that, I liked the three narrators!

I always like to read greek mythology book to remember the stories and see them from different povs. Here we got the pov of Clytemnestra, Elektra and Cassandra.

I have to admit that I do not understand why the book is called Elektra when it had 3 women describing their experiences before, during and after the the Trojan War, besides she is the one I liked the least from the 3 women…

Helen can go to the deepest hell by the way 😭 (at least the one in this book) next to her brother in law Agamemnon!

This book was basically telling the story we already know but from the pov of these 3 characters, but sadly there was nothing new, fantastic, original, or really entertaining.

I almost DNF this after Part 1 to be honest, but I kept going just because it’s Greek Mythology. And I mean, it was okay?? So 2 ⭐ in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

- Child death / Murder: Agamemnon kills his oldest daughter before the war starts.

- War / Slavery / Death: There’s descriptions of what’s going on in the Trojan War.

- Rape / Sexual assault / Sexual violence: Because this is ALWAYS present in Greek mythology…

celtictales's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

mdal26's review

adventurous emotional medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ccaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and War

ecneils's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, and War