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A review by nicolewhopickedthisbook
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
I honestly don’t know how to rate this book. Was this book good? Well… yes. The writing was great. Was anything that happened in this book a surprise? No, not at all. I didn’t think this book would have a happy ending. Did I want a “retelling” that was exactly the same as Greek mythology? No. Like the Greek tragedies that inspired it, countless women fall victim to the whims of men, human and god alike, and they are helpless to break the generational cycle. I feel that retellings are a chance to give these women a different, better ending and this did not deliver.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War