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The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

14 reviews

mblanke's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Rape, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and War

Minor: Animal death

theothergrl's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed The Women of Troy as a sequel. It was really interesting to read more about the politics of the camp, especially through the POV of a seer navigating these power dynamics very consciously. It was great to read an author write that power is the root of all the violence and misogyny, that these things are distributed by normal men, 'good' men.
I didn't enjoy it as much as the 1st, and I felt there was fatphobia that wasn't just through the 'eyes of the men' as it claims. So I give it a 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Torture

historychatter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Violence, and War

prlprl's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Barker navigates the space between epics with surprisingly sardonic grace.

Unlike the first of the series, there is hardly any magnitude of lore to give Briseis’ bathos depth, which makes this novel more challenging to read by itself. It’s a good continuation however, and lends itself to an enrichment to the first - much like Pyrrhus himself, it suffers some sequel syndrome.

Anima was an interesting iteration of the Antigone story, but in her own right, her relevance to Pyrrhus’ story was underdeveloped and had great unutilised potential. Strong start, but the sad solitude of Pyrrhus’ perspective lost its lustre against Briseis’ pragmatic and unflappable characterisation.

Not as gut-punching as the first; perhaps Briseis’ return to grace alienates her somewhat to the suffering that surrounds her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Torture and Sexual harassment

megb64's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Confinement, Genocide, Trafficking, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Rape

pobi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

I didn't ENJOY this book, but it was a really good book. It's just depressing to read about such sad things. I like this one better than the 1st book tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, and Child death

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, War, Grief, Excrement, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

liviaes's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Sexual harassment, War, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Vomit, and Slavery

jesticulate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, War, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism

georgiatancred's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

I'm definitely going to read this again. Page 80-81 had me nearly in tears. I was so moved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence