![]() ![]() …every comfort I could imagine was at my fingertips. ![]() Her “WOE IS MEEEE” attitude was exhausting. She is extremely irritating and naive, and won’t shut up about her arrogant, murderous, rapist father. In particular, I found Elektra’s chapters to be infuriating. Because of this, I found myself becoming increasingly frustrated with the story due to the perpetuation and acceptance of sexism that these women faced, rather than having them fight back against it. What I had thought was going to be a feminist reimagining of Greek mythology turned out to be a faithful retelling, just from the perspective of these women. I had some serious issues with this book. Why the book is only titled Elektra, I couldn’t tell you. It was one of the shortest books I owned and I was looking for another quick read, but I am very much a mood reader and I don’t think I was in the right headspace for this book.Įlektra by Jennifer Saint is told from the POV of three different women in Greek mythology: Cassandra, a princess of Troy who has the gift of foresight but goes mad due to being cursed so that no one believes her prophesies Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon who is the king of all the Greeks and Elektra, the youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. ![]() The reason I chose to read this book now was for length rather than content, which I regret. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |