Reviews

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

cdrosos's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.75

I feel like it could’ve done more - surface level retelling without significant emotion or pull to the characters.

jennie_white2008's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

3.0

m1kayla143's review against another edition

5.0

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint was a fun and beautiful read. I loved how Saint weaves together Atalanta's story. The writing was magical and had me enthralled. The world of gods and monsters felt real, like I could reach out and feel Artemis’s tunic or a rough oar of the Argo.
I adored how Atalanta was written with her strength and stubbornness. Atalanta did not let anyone tell her what to do! Her bluntness was delectable. Atalanta was a wonderful and hilarious narrator.
This is definitely one of my favorite books of 2023!
Random note: the audiobook narrator did an amazing job! Their voice was perfect.

tanyaaugust's review against another edition

5.0

I genuinely loved this one. It’s a fun and easy read and yeah maybe not all feminist retelling of myths needs to be a tragedy. Maybe it can actually end with the heroine happy for once.

me6an's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

kat_r's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

gabbsmci's review against another edition

Trades toxic patriarchy for patriarchy. Substantial complaining

eryn_elenath's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

veer_veer's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

beclf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5