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A review by beccaannekent
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
I always eat up everything Jennifer Saint releases, and this was no different.
However, there was something not quite right about this book that I couldn’t put my finger on. I was enjoying throughout, but it never gripped me as much as her previous ones have.
Then it hit me, and Atalanta said it herself, throughout the book (particularly during the Argo scenes), she felt like she was a spectator in her own life. She was on this huge journey, an amazing adventure yet felt like a secondary character to Jason and Medea.
If this was the authors intention throughout the book to give the readers this impression, then I think she did a phenomenal job. But, I’ve learned that style of writing is not my favourite and it dampened my enjoyment of it slightly.
However, there was something not quite right about this book that I couldn’t put my finger on. I was enjoying throughout, but it never gripped me as much as her previous ones have.
Then it hit me, and Atalanta said it herself, throughout the book (particularly during the Argo scenes), she felt like she was a spectator in her own life. She was on this huge journey, an amazing adventure yet felt like a secondary character to Jason and Medea.
If this was the authors intention throughout the book to give the readers this impression, then I think she did a phenomenal job. But, I’ve learned that style of writing is not my favourite and it dampened my enjoyment of it slightly.