Elektra and Clytemnestra’s conversations were revealing in many ways, especially the complications and motivations behind their actions. My least favorite character is Elektra as I had a hard time understanding her mindless and blind devotion to her father with who she does not even have a long relationship. Clytemnestra’s motivation to kill Agamemnon makes sense but so does her emptiness after her revenge is fulfilled. Every woman who has been dismissed for her beliefs or her version of any event will be able to connect to Cassandra after she’s cursed. The reader sees her family history and her growth from a child to an adult. All the three women are superbly shown in all their complexities, pettiness, ambitions, glories, and disasters.Ĭassandra’s chapters were my favorite. I had only a vague basic idea about Clytemnestra and Elektra but I always felt bad for Cassandra whom no one believed because she did not give into Apollo’s sexual advances. Lastly is Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s daughter, who conspired with her brother to kill her mother and his lover in revenge for her father’s murder. Despite her knowledge about the fall of Troy, she can’t do anything. Next is Cassandra, princess of Troy who was cursed by Apollo to see the future but she was never believed. Helen is taken to Troy by Paris and Agamemnon raises an army to win the battle. The three women in the story are: Clytemnestra, Helen’s sister and Agamemnon’s wife. Told from the viewpoints of three women, this novel is an excellent insight into Greek history without remembering the extra dates. A retelling of the Greek myth of Elektra, the origins of the Trojan War, and the curse of the House of Atreus. Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne, is back with her second novel, Elektra. CW: Rape, Incest, Mutilation, Sexual Assault.
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