By Carolyn Hennessy
Reviewed by Lily
When I started reading Pandora Gets Jealous, I didn’t know what to expect. I had previously heard of the series from former classmates, but I hadn’t read any books by Carolyn Hennessy, the author of the book. I found that Pandora Gets Jealous is a very simple and interesting book to read. It’s the first in a series of books, all a rather action-packed and simple retelling of the Greek Myth of Pandora and the box of evils.
The story follows Pandora, a student at the Athena Maiden Middle School, who one day brings a mysterious box to school for her project on the gods. The box was given to her father, Prometheus, by Zeus. However, the box is opened by two of Pandora’s classmates, Helen and Hippia, and it is revealed that seven evils are inside of the box. Pandora and her family are summoned to Mount Olympus, where Zeus orders Pandora to locate the evils and return them to the box. Zeus’s wife, Hera, gives Pandora a map to locate the evils, but first, she must find the key to decipher it. After discovering a way to read the map, Pandora sets off on her journey to retrieve the evils.
Pandora Gets Jealous has many strengths, including an easy to understand plot and well-developed characters. The storyline is a wonderful example of how sometimes, less is more. The story is not very complex, but it doesn’t linger on key events. The entire story is balanced out, switching between key events of the book and actions or descriptions in between. The characters feel real in their reactions to situations, and you can tell how they’re feeling without the book telling you.
On the other hand, the main weakness of the way the story is told is that it doesn’t take enough time to explain things. The story, in its most important scenes, only focused on the plot instead of explaining how the event occurred. I often found myself re-reading pages before important scenes thinking I missed a page, only to find that sometimes it switches from one event to another without anything in between two important chapters
In my opinion, Pandora Gets Jealous is a fairly good book. It has relatable characters and a well balanced story. It definitely has its moments, even though it is too fast paced at times. I would definitely recommend reading Pandora Gets Jealous or any of the sequels if you’re looking for an interesting story that grabs your attention and leaves you wanting more.
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