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booktalker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
akamystica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, Pregnancy, and War
Une bonne suite au Silence des Vaincues, évidemment on pâtit de la mort d’Achille et Patrocle du précédent tome et de l’attente des Grecs pour retourner chez eux. J’ai trouvé le rythme un peu lent bien que justifié. Comme le premier tome c’est une immersion incroyable dans un camp militaire grec à l’Antiquité, on voit comment les femmes y étaient traitées et la déchirure entre le patriotisme de Briséis et son appartenance nouvelle à la Grèce en tant qu’épouse d’un soldat grec et mère de l’enfant d’Achille.oakotoks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Minor: Genocide, Rape, and Slavery
karenclare's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death
mblanke's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Animal death
sakisreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
My friend bought me this for my birthday and I was super pumped, having just finished ‘Silence of the Girls’.
He did say there was less drama (and he wasn’t wrong), but I still found Briseis’s energy inspiring and necessary. What a woman, helping other women in the horrific patriarchy!
I hated Pyrrhus (and now that I’ve looked at visual depictions of him, I hate him even more) 😂 But I also could sympathise with how he might have been a product of the trauma he went through 😳
3 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨ I am really enjoying Pat Barker’s twists on Greek mythology (although I’m unsure whether I’ll pick up the next one or not)!
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Pregnancy
lauramay_reads's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail
theothergrl's review against another edition
- 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 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.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Minor: Torture and Vomit
jessellisx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Rape and Torture
katy_bee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Nevertheless I like retellings and this one engaged with the idea of what it actually means to be given as a prize of war- pretty bleak. The way the women were trying to find ways to be - and stay true to themselves- in terrible circumstances was compelling and felt well handled
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Torture