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

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All the action takes place elsewhere, and all we have to go on here is a tragedy before papa goes off to lead the army of the Greeks, the tragedy caused by the same jerk, and we're pretty much stuck in the heads of those who were left behind. A specific quote, "He would not burn his beloved's body until he had sated his vengeance" gave me the chills.

Circetells the story of the witch that Odysseus meets on his journey home, so it is more Odyssey than Iliad, but it is still very much worth reading. A few description of the weather, the palace pillars, palace floors, maybe people around them, and tada, scene's done. and, because of that, i think i now prefer reimaginings, rather than faithful retellings, which is what this book is. But the long periods of waiting between events, the awkwardly chosen POVs, and the unspectacular writing left me fairly cold. It was also not the lack of "magic" (the only supernatural thing was Apollo spitting into Cassandra's mouth).The titular character was the worst of the three, and while I liked Clytemnestra at the start (I REALLY hate Agamemnon) she lost all personality in Act Two.

Especially considering that this was a (feminist) retelling, it was aggravating to read that the girl first didn't acknowledge that her mother was using a man / boy to get revenge for Agamemnon's crime (as if only men could do that), while making excuses for her father despite him having killed her older sister, only to then turn on her mother for not seeing that everyone must be doing everything to please the gods (effectively not caring about her supposedly beloved sister) and plotting to murder Clytemnestra to avenge Agamemnon. Negative stuff: this book is still no better than Ariadne, but it at least got a little bit interesting after Agammemnon's death.Cassandra, Princess of Troy, cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it.