I feel like both books didn‘t do anything exciting. Both share an interesting premise - telling the Troy war from the women‘s perspective - yet often it was just a repetition of Achilles, Hectors, ... story and not truly theirs.
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Meh. Strong premise and an engaging beginning, but in the end, it ended up being a story about Achilles. The women in the story remained flat. Whether that was intentional by the author or not, I definitely didn‘t appreciate it.
I hope A Thousand Ships (similar idea) is better.
#TheSilenceoftheGirls #PatBarker
pickThis is a marvellous retelling of The Iliad from the women‘s perspective. Beautifully written, and immediately engrossing right from the first page. See my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2829916615. #book #books #bookstagram #patbarker #thesilenceofthegirls #history #bookish #booknerd #bookcommunity #booklove #bookphotography #triojanwar #booksbooksbooks #theiliad #achilles #homer #ancientgreeks #agamemnon #briseis
The dangers of working from home. After a constructive morning I just nipped our to buy a newspaper but made the mistake of sauntering past the marvellous Muswell Hill Bookshop, and seem to have been led astray. #nowillpower #muswellhillbookshop #muswellhill #n10 #muswellhillbilly #book #books #bookstagram #patbarker #mandascott #thesilenceofthegirls #atreacheryofspies #donttellcatherine
