Elektra: The mesmerising story of Troy from the three women at its heart

Reviews

amii janette parr

Cassandra was the character that stuck out for me the most, the one I empathised with and felt most for. She’s left with this unusual curse after daring to turn down Apollo’s sexual advances, which is a common theme in Greek myths, but to be cursed to see the future but not be believed must be awful, particularly the things she sees towards the end.

Dani

Beyond mesmerising, I cannot wait to read Ariadne and am excited for what is next to come from Jennifer Saint. Elektra is the youngest daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and waits faithfully for him to return from the war. But instead of taking the obvious route of telling the story from Helen’s perspective she gives a voice to three other women: Elektra, Clytemnestra and Cassandra. I let the enormity of the praise it received strike fear in me, and now, with Elektra releasing on Thursday, April 28th, I had to bite the bullet and venture into Jennifer Saint’s dazzling world.

Beatrice Petrus

Once I managed to get a decent chunk of reading time together I was fully absorbed. And, of course, there are the Gods.

Liz

The language is some of the most breathtaking that I’ve ever read. What was interesting about this story was how the women and girls did not stand together, they weren't united in war, tragedy or loss. I was surprised by how quickly I became engrossed in this book as thought I might find all the names confusing, but it was actually pretty easy to follow (with a little help from google! I think this was partially because I was quite busy so was only managing short bursts of reading at a time for the first few days that I was reading it.