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The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

112 reviews

thevintageflowerfaerie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, War, Slavery, Rape, Misogyny, Death, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Trafficking, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

jessy_03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, War, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

nicolaparty's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

ellida's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

oliverlang's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

I feel like I may have done this book a disservice by reading it after having already read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and also A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. These both detailed the events of the war at Troy from Patroclus' perspective and the women of Troy's perspective respectively, and were incredible pieces of storytelling.

I feel like had I not read those first, I may have enjoyed this book without their influence but I just found myself annoyed at several details in Barker's book, namely the portrayal of Patroclus' character/personality.

I was really interested to read this series of events from Briesis' perspective but found it lacking, underwhelming and the modern(read: British)isation of the language frustrating.

If you're looking for a five star read, I strongly recommend the aforementioned works but sadly I cannot say I enjoyed this adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

sosobee_06's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 The Silence of the Girls made me see the trojan war from a very different perspective than I first did in The Song of Achilles, which I enjoyed. Although at some points, the story is told from Achilles´, rather than Briseis´ perspective, which takes away the "women´s pov" I was expecting, this book made me reflect on how stories are told and glamourized nowadays.
Overall, I really liked the way the Illiad was retold. 3,5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse

nolwenn's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Une lecture géniale qui complete celle du chant d'Achille de Madeline Miller. Avoir le point de vue de Briséis est hyper intéressant!
Je recommande vraiment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, War, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

allthebooksihoarded's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

murano's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Body horror, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

lynnrahm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

Another Greek mythology retelling because my Percy Jackson phase is still ongoing.

I’ve read a few negative reviews for this one and with a heavy heart I tell you they don’t speak nonsense. This book has its faults. It’s called The Silence of The Girls but Achilles and my sweet boy Pat outshine them all. Like come on! We love Pat and the bloodthirsty gay moron but WHERE IS THE CONTENT WE WERE PROMISED? WHERE ACTUALLY ARE THE GIRLS? Being raped? Being sacrificed? Being tortured to death? Hmm.

We were robbed of the things we actually wanted to read.

But I’m giving it a five star review. Nope nope I’m still the sanest person alive. And this book deserves a five star. I loved how the author succeeded in portraying the war and the lives of the soldiers. I loved that it had Achilles’ pov and loved the way he navigated around Patroclus and dealt with his grief. Come to think of it this book had more of Achilles than it had of Briseis (AND IT IS A BOOK TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BRIS) But as I said—Achilles’ mommy issues (no cap) and his tenderness for his father leading him to be gentle with Priam and him caring for his myrmidons—truly splendid.

And thus it was worth my time.

PS: Ik I right the worst kind of reviews.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and War