Elektra: No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of ARIADNE

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Besides, I am no scholar, so likely there is a reason for this discrepancy, which I simply do not know.

I have always seen Clytemnestra as a victim, Agamemnon as a monster, and so this version of the story appealed to me. First through Agamemnon’s marriage to Clytemnestra; then his daughter Elektra; and then his slave and captive, Cassandra. We see Clytemnestra as she spends 10 years of the Trojan war planning her murder of Agamemnon, especially after he murdered their first daughter, Iphigenia.

Cassandra is a Princess of Troy, who was cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed. Now I recognize that I don't have to like any of the characters for the book to be good, and that some characters are written with the intention of being unlikable.

ElektraThe youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. Despite the title this is actually the story of three women whose fates are inextricably tied to the cursed bloodline of the House of Atreus and the fickle nature of men and gods.In this, it's mostly a whimper and daddy worship and mommy hating her husband and taking a lover and then going "Oh, My" when crap hits the fan. and, because of that, i think i now prefer reimaginings, rather than faithful retellings, which is what this book is.

Beautifully written, cinematic in its scope and highly compelling ; I flew through its pages and missed it immensely when it was over. Her fixation and devotion to the idea of a man that clearly did not exist, I could never understand. It attempted to cover so much ground but none of it contained depth or was written in a way that made me feel for any of the characters (ok a tiny bit for Clytemnestra).I love the way Jennifer Saint re-tells Greek mythology while centering the experiences of women rather than men. If he did it to indeed help his brother or because Troy was so rich and he wanted the spoils as well as the fame, we'll also never know for sure.