Negative stuff: this book is still no better than Ariadne, but it at least got a little bit interesting after Agammemnon's death. We witness Clytemnestra’s journey to Mycenae, the birth of their children… and of course the start of the Trojan war, as well as many more events that take place. Or perhaps it is more appropriate to say I never could figure out why she couldn’t provide a reasonable voice to what she was seeing. She also doesn’t seem to care about others around her- especially how she treats her friend Georgios and has a weird Oedipus complex about Agamemnon.

But as much as I appreciate how they took more initiative, it is difficult, if not impossible, to ignore how some of those choices are just simply flawed and come with terrible consequences.and, because of that, i think i now prefer reimaginings, rather than faithful retellings, which is what this book is. Admittedly, I didn't particularly like Elektra, as a person, but her story was just as interesting to me as the others'. Her storyline feels one-dimensional, with her only trait being her obsession with her father and how great he is. If I were Jennifer Saint’s editor, I honestly might’ve asked her what the novel would look like with Cassandra and Elektra’s POV cut entirely; it might not have worked, but I think it would have been worth a try.

Yes, I was surprised because we are talking about Elektra and her mother, Clytemnestra; can't love them both, every time you should hate one of them, but not in this book! And then we have some of the OTHER more memorable female characters from across Greece, on the other side of the war, to give a counterpoint, but it's weird and hardly necessary at all except to bring in the action that has been so missing from the primary tale. Jennifer Saint has thrown her hat into the ring retelling the story of the curse of the House of Atreus.In Elektra, the author focuses on the “tainted” bloodline of the cursed House of Atreus and three women whose “fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods”. I was looking forward to this because I've read the Sophocles and am familiar with the whole Freudian aspect from within Psychology and frankly, it was just nicely MESSED up as a tragedy. This is the story of three women at the heart of the Trojan War whose "their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. Previous The Neanderthals Rediscovered : How A Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Utilizing well defined, three dimensional characters and believable dialogue the book for the most part flows easily.