Reviews

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

lydiagardiner's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

claudiusthegod's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

akamystica's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Pregnancy, and War

Une bonne suite au Silence des Vaincues, évidemment on pâtit de la mort d’Achille et Patrocle du précédent tome et de l’attente des Grecs pour retourner chez eux. J’ai trouvé le rythme un peu lent bien que justifié. Comme le premier tome c’est une immersion incroyable dans un camp militaire grec à l’Antiquité, on voit comment les femmes y étaient traitées et la déchirure entre le patriotisme de Briséis et son appartenance nouvelle à la Grèce en tant qu’épouse d’un soldat grec et mère de l’enfant d’Achille.

seolhe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

emillly_b's review against another edition

4.0

Accidentally read this out of order but it felt like a stand-alone, perhaps because of my love for the movie Troy. Anyway, a brilliant concept that was well-executed. Excited to read the first book now lol

sea_uh_dahmay's review against another edition

4.0

Defs one of my favorite Greek retellings the only thing detracting from it is how briseis refers to her fellow women. Like spending a whole childbirth (three chapters) talking abt how fat and ugly the mother is was very off putting

rexiesmum's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

chriswright39's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

alexsaunders's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

readwithke_'s review against another edition

4.0

I thought because it was titled the women of Troy we would get more personal perspectives, but instead we mostly only got Briseis’ perspective. It was a great read and I would re-read it for that I gave it 4 stars.