Reviews

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

evabails's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

Another incredible trojan war retelling from the forgotten women. I will never get tired of hearing their stories.

tuesday_next's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

ebeubanks8's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

I like that this focused more on the aftermath of the Trojan War and the women who were involved. Most modern books about greek myths focus on the time during the Trojan War and the main men do it was a nice refresher. I usually struggle with multi perspective books but each chapter told its own story so I didn’t have to connect anything. And the audiobook helped keep them separate cause every character had a different tone.

daffodiv's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark sad
...this was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them. A war does not ignore half the people whose lives it touches. So why do we?

A story that gives a voice to women, who are often ignored. Any feminist retelling bares the burden of choosing between pushing a modern feminist narrative onto women who may have never lived with those ideas or telling their story in their time (which can be discomforting). At times, it does feel like it's view these women through a modern lens (a feature, not a bug) but the author gives the women the breathe and depth of emotions that any women in any time would have felt. Are there ways to give a voice to the voiceless if they themselves do not know they are being silenced? Anyways, the novel was worth reading. There are some wonderful, reflective lines. 

rachaelthegiraffe's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

loloburns's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

rushreads22's review

Go to review page

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

beauxberger's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kayani_z's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

Heart wrenching, completely changes perspective after reading a woman’s insight. 

gabrielle713's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5