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chocosam90 's review for:
A Thousand Ships
by Natalie Haynes
I’m rounding up and giving this book 4 stars, but I’m really somewhere in the 3.5-3.75 area.
My review is partially based on storytelling preference. The idea of telling all the Trojan/Greek women stories from their point of view is so appealing…and yet I’ve preferred focused storytelling such as “Circe” or “Ariadne”—I want the WHOLE story not just snippets where they trade the narration back and forth.
With that, I felt like the writing style had to be somewhat forced. Not every story could be told the same way, so Haynes found different ways to share each story, but then it felt kind of pandering…especially Penelope’s story—which could have been one of the more interesting stories!
All in all, I would recommend for someone who loves Greek tragedy and mythology, but I wouldn’t read it again and didn’t love it. Definitely not a top 5 for this genre.
My review is partially based on storytelling preference. The idea of telling all the Trojan/Greek women stories from their point of view is so appealing…and yet I’ve preferred focused storytelling such as “Circe” or “Ariadne”—I want the WHOLE story not just snippets where they trade the narration back and forth.
With that, I felt like the writing style had to be somewhat forced. Not every story could be told the same way, so Haynes found different ways to share each story, but then it felt kind of pandering…especially Penelope’s story—which could have been one of the more interesting stories!
All in all, I would recommend for someone who loves Greek tragedy and mythology, but I wouldn’t read it again and didn’t love it. Definitely not a top 5 for this genre.