Clytemnestra’s Bind
By Susan C. Wilson
A 5⭐️/5 read.
I love mythology and ancient history but I must confess I had forgotten about Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and how much Clytemnestra’s (and Iphigenia) story is a hard one to swallow.
This novel was mind blowing, brutal, truly well written, with solid characters (especially the protagonist) and extremely candid in its harsh portrayal of tragedy, hopelessness, rage, the female condition in ancient times and in making the best you can out of a truly terrible situation, which, most likely is the rest of your life. It was at times rather hard to read.
How do you go on living when everybody and everything you ever loved has been ripped away from you by the very person who then marries you against you will to beget his children? How much are you willing to endure to survive? How far will you go to protect your new progeny despite most of them being so much like their hated father? What if you fail? When do you snap? What will you do then?
This is the crux of Clytemnestra so eloquently and painfully illustrated in this shocking and brilliant novel, which I highly recommend.
Thank you Neem Tree Press for allowing me to read an advance copy through NetGalley. I loved this book so much I bought a physical copy (which is also signed by the author)