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If you take the time lapses and the extended period of the story line into account as well, I really struggled to get into the flow of this retelling. The story is told from the three protagonists’ first person point of views, alternating between chapters. The book is titled “Elektra”, which is a bit puzzling, seeing that she is only one of the three women presented and she only starts to feature later in the book. Let him come back so that I can watch him suffer.

Let him come back and die at the hands of his bitterest enemy. “Let him come back so that I can see his eyes as the light drains from them. I do need a copy of The Dummy’s Guide to Greek Mythology – wait, is there a book like that? I’ve always been interested in Greek Mythology, even more so after a visit to Greece years ago, but I also realise that whatever I know, is probably the bare minimum – only the more well-known myths. Set in ancient Greece, this retelling is true to form and location. “Can’t you see that it just goes on, over and over? The gods demand their justice, but we suffer for it, every time.” But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence? The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it.

Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon – her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin.The House of Atreus is cursed. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris.