A review by hair_apparent
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

4.0

This book grew on me slowly. The stories of Penelope and Cassandra gave the narrative most direction for me. Penelope as represented in this book is absolute gold - acerbic, subversive and hilarious. The telling of the Odyssey from her perspective was brilliant. Sometimes I felt as though the feminist perspective was laid on a bit thick - it could have perhaps remained as an undercurrent and been all the more powerful. I have only passing familiarity with the classical stories and myths, but still was able to enjoy their re-telling.