A review by hollyhobbit101
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This book had its flaws and it wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever read but 

’One thing I do know: they won’t want the brutal reality of conquest and slavery… No, they’ll go for something  altogether softer. A love story, perhaps?’

The people saying to just read song of Achilles instead really missed the point of this line