Reviews

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

hollyhobbit101's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book had its flaws and it wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever read but 

’One thing I do know: they won’t want the brutal reality of conquest and slavery… No, they’ll go for something  altogether softer. A love story, perhaps?’

The people saying to just read song of Achilles instead really missed the point of this line

remmslupin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

sarahsg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

graecus_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

this was a reread and i liked this less than i did the first time. i had a hard time getting through the book at points. i found the writing jarring at times, and the dialogue was disarmingly british. i feel like the book had a lot of potential, but it didn’t hit for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Slavery

jasmi_aaahhhh's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

marylness's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

jelenajot's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

burrowsi1's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

schamloselippe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

emilybunty's review against another edition

3.75

alright let me tell you it took me a hot minute to finish this book it just didn’t keep me super invested & took some breaks before going back to it, i do genuinely like the way it was written the voice of the author/briseis was genuine & relatable, i would’ve wanted to know more about greek mythology before reading this because the names were kinda hard to remember & i don’t know all their background stories, i probably would’ve been more into it if i had more prior knowledge