Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
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Ariadne
- The gripping tale of a mythic heroine seen through modern eyes
- By: Jennifer Saint
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Publisher's Summary
One of most famous ancient Greek myths, Theseus and the Minotaur. A mesmerising retelling from the woman at the heart of it all.
The bestselling sensation.
Ariadne, Princess of Crete and daughter of the fearsome King Minos, grows up hearing stories of gods and heroes. But beneath the golden palace something else stirs, the hoofbeats and bellows echoing from the Labyrinth below. Every year its captive, the Minotaur - Ariadne's brother - demands blood.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne sees in him her chance to escape. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that drawing the attention of the mercurial gods may cost her everything.
In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to risk everything for love ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition?
Ariadne gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths. Beautifully written and completely immersive, this exceptional debut novel is perfect for fans of Circe, A Song of Achilles, and The Silence of The Girls.
©2021 Jennifer Saint (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Hamish
Couldn’t Take the Melodrama
It’s really good – well written and well read – but when the melodrama get’s going my eyes start to roll all by themselves. I just feel like I want to explain to the author – you don’t always have to be ripped in half by black spears of despair – or flying in golden clouds of bliss – or transported by burning lava flows of rage… there are those too, of course – but there are often more ordinary states of emotion in between – like irritation – worry – curiosity. And the lesser ones in between make the extreme ones more special and more dramatic. But when you smear it on in spades ALL THE TIME like a giant hamfest -well it frequently gets to be too much… hey maybe it’s just me…
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Vanessa
Good but tedious writing style
I thoroughly enjoyed the story, but the author uses too many descriptive words to describe the protagonist’s thoughts when a few words would have sufficed. The internal dialogue just goes on and on and on… It really distracts from the storyline and sometimes I wished the author would just get on with it and tell the story rather than give another monologue. Other than that the book covers a lot of ground plot wise and fleshes out the myth of Ariadne in a surprising way.
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