Reviews

Hera by Jennifer Saint

rubygois's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eviemaddaloni's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ssmith1407's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

taylordevereux's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

josie_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

roos88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

piperhath's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of Titan Cronos, helped Zeus overthrow their father so they could rule the world together. But as they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus may be as cruel as their father and begins to question her role at this side. This retelling portrays Hera as a powerful queen, one who is ambitious and compassionate and will stop at nothing to be heard. 

 

When I envision Hera, I picture her as a vengeful, powerful and wicked goddess and was really keen to see her portrayed in a different light, but this wasn't the case. I really found Hera as such an unlikable character and didn't have any sympathy for her whatsoever which I think is the opposite of what the author was pushing onto me. 

 

I also really didn't like the constant push of incest and rape throughout, we get it, Zeus is her brother, you don't have to mention it every single time he rapes her... It gave me the biggest ick. Going off that, I found the whole story repetitive. Oh Hera is mad at Zeus again, shocker... 

 

I don't know, while I found the whole story interesting, it just felt like Hera was a side character in the story and Zeus was still the main character, when the story is literally about her! I also wasn't a fan of the major gloss over of important events in Greek Mythology just to fit the woe is me story. 

 

Thanks to Netgalley and Hachette for sending me a copy of this one to review, unfortuately this was a miss for me... 

elisasworldofbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Another great adventure of a Greek Goddess by Jennifer Saint. If you like history based stories then this is for you. Can’t wait what the next work will be.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC

robynnehood's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

143_liv7's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Thank you netgally for this EARC 
I listened and both read this book I really enjoyed it I find learning about the Greek gods interesting. The struggles of what Hera went through just to get back as Zeus. Jennifer’s story telling had me hooked and I wanted to know what was going to happen. Learning about what happens through Hera’s pov was interesting as it showed a new light on what happens as well as how the women were treated.