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Elektra by Jennifer Saint
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really liked it
bookshelves: read-2022

Clytemnestra's storyline is the main driving plot. Everything else is branched from there. I would've named the book after her, rather than Elektra.

I've never read The Iliad or The Odyssey, so all of the characters were new to me, aside from knowing "the face that launched a thousand ships." I think the book assumes readers have a base knowledge of The Trojan War. I spent a lot of time Googling, to make sure I was understanding the story correctly. But I enjoyed that part, too.

I will say Cassandra's chapters were really only to give a POV from the Trojan side. Also, (view spoiler)

The story is a true tragedy. Consumed by (view spoiler)
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Reading Progress

December 8, 2021 – Shelved as: tbr
December 8, 2021 – Shelved
May 3, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read
June 8, 2022 – Started Reading
June 12, 2022 – Shelved as: read-2022
June 12, 2022 – Finished Reading

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