Milorii t1_jcdp4ut wrote on March 16, 2023 at 2:08 AM

If you want another perspective I’d recommend The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. I read it immediately after SoA and I appreciated that I did. It’s much a more brutal retelling that isn’t as romanticized as SoA is and it really grounds your view of the story. I recently read Circe too and I really liked it!

justnomilvent t1_jce7yw3 wrote on March 16, 2023 at 4:50 AM

The Silence of the Girls is a fantastic book.

MamaJody t1_jcewpuk wrote on March 16, 2023 at 10:24 AM

I was really disappointed with this book. The women spoke almost entirely about men (I’m not sure this book, about women, would even pass the Bechern test), and then after she introduced Achilles’ perspective, it lost me. The book felt as though it was still really all about Achilles, Patroclus and Agammemnon.