Jennifer Saint’s Elektra is available on Audible as a 10 hrs 38 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Beth Eyre and Jane Collingwood and Julie Teal.
Publisher’s Summary
A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne.
Three women, tangled in an ancient curse.
When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family.
In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.
Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family’s bloody history, or is her destiny bound by violence, too?
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Beth Eyre and Jane Collingwood and Julie Teal
- Length: 10 hrs 38 mins
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Release year: 2022
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Genre Fiction / Literary Fiction
Listener Ratings
Elektra holds an average listener rating of 4.3/5 from 505 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.2/5
- 5-star ratings: 51% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
4/5 stars — “Great reimagining from women’s point of view “
I would have rated it higher if it had been truer to the experience of women living in that time period. A lot of liberties were taken that took me out of the realm of believability as it would for anyone who studied the history and gender roles of the time period but overall the story was an interesting new imagining of the women of that time.— Sara, Audible listener
3/5 stars — “It Just Wasn’t Enjoyable”
I stopped a few times and was glad when it was over. Elektra was awful.— Trudy, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “The End of an Era”
The story is good and closes to the myth but the end felt for so rushed for such a long build up.— michelle culpepper, Audible listener
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