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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
I'm still really into the female retellings of Greek mythology, so I really enjoyed this book. It was maybe a bit too scattered among so many characters, I think I would have preferred more books with more focus and background though. I particularly enjoyed Andromache (her last scene with her son broke my heart) and Cassandra.
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sad
fast-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It tells the stories of various women who were affected by the battle of Troy, Greek and Trojan. A new perspective on old stories
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ce livre était tellement fort. Il résonnait en écho.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Violence, War
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is so beautiful and so important. The women from these myths are often ignored side characters. Haynes gives them life, without trying to gloss over their awful circumstances.
funny
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this, but at the same time, I left with a slight feeling of just being unsatisfied - maybe to me it just felt a little unfinished, like there wasn't enough time spent for me to really get into it and fall in love with these characterizations. In addition there were some segments that weren't as compelling - for example, as snarky and witty as Penelope's letters got, it didn't prevent her segments from just feeling like "exposition girl" where she just has to explain things that happened off screen. This also happened a few times with Cassandra narrating her visions.
Either way, I still really enjoyed the book and recommend it!
Either way, I still really enjoyed the book and recommend it!
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Longtime fan of the Iliad and the other Greek Classics, so this was up my alley. I enjoyed the depiction of the stories of the women of the Trojan war. The one exception being Penelope’s chapters- those were more about Odysseus than her and I felt like they threw off the flow of the book.