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Tagged my second favorite book (in both brackets). It was surprisingly beautifully told story of the Trojan war by the woman who lives and survived it. Was so impressed. Also a solid final four in this one. #readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

TheBookHippie I loved A Thousand Ships. I read the ARC many moons ago! 3w

CSeydel Great bracket! 3w

Librarybelle This was a really good book! I was surprised bow much I liked it! 3w

Sargar114 @Librarybelle I agree, very surprising. I kind of snuck up on me how much I ended up liking it. @TheBookHippie it‘s so good! 3w

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Robotswithpersonality

A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

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Hell yes. Exactly what I didn't quite realize I always wanted, the tale of the Trojan War told in events that precipitated it, and events that happened as result/consequences after it ended, all through the perspectives of various female characters, goddesses, nymphs, princesses, priestesses, mothers and daughters, many now enslaved.
Having recently reread the Iliad and Odyssey, it's that much more gratifying to see a modern, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? well written, concise story retelling events in a unique fashion. It's not necessarily fresh just because it's told in a feminist light, but that by focusing on the women's perspectives/stories, the reader sees the full story from characters and angles not usually presented.
Some POVs repeat, certain are longer one-offs; I never felt like the time with each was too short. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? The overall tale is tragic and brutal, when it's not overwhelmingly angry, but the thing about the somewhat episodic nature of the storytelling is I kept getting moments of 'oh, hey girl, it's you' which were more fascinating than sad, for me, anyway! 🤷🏼‍♂️😅 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? Additional observations:
Suggestion of Athene having a crush on Odysseus? Known that she favoured him, but I like that take.
Between this and Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes is committed to making Zeus into a buffoon, and I support that.
The muse in particular having her own repeated POV, her own voice, directing the narrative, was perfect. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/? I did a tandem read with the audiobook, which is read by the author; I loved having her voice, her delivery, accompany my reading.
Incredibly smooth read, probably down to a combination of the quality of the writing and my familiarity with the events and characters described - despite shifting POVs and jumbled timeline, I was never lost. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Highly recommend (especially to those with some familiarity with the events described, I obviously can't attest to the reading experience had by those who don't know the story going in).
⚠️slavery, child death,SA 3mo

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Penelope's so done. 😆

dabbe What she had to put up with ... #oytotheultimatevey 😂 3mo

dabbe Have you ever read Dorothy Parker's “Penelope“? If not, here it is:
“In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of the breeze,
Where the world and sky are one,
He shall ride the silver seas,
He shall cut the glittering wave.
I shall sit at home, and rock;
Rise, to heed a neighbor's knock;
Brew my tea, and snip my thread;
Bleach the linen for my bed.
They will call him brave.“ 3mo

Robotswithpersonality @dabbe I hadn't, no. That's beautiful. ♥️ 3mo

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Witness Paris tap dancing around answering in one of the most famed no-win situations. 🍎🫣

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

😔

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Oh, Penelope, get in line! Don't worry, it'll happen. 🔪

BookmarkTavern All my homies hate Agamemnon. 😂 3mo

dabbe He was a real arse. 😂 3mo

Robotswithpersonality @BookmarkTavern @dabbe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Seconded! 3mo

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Yeah, safe to say Paris is not known for his shining reputation.

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

How do you keep some sense of normality when your city is under the threat of siege, when your populace is at war, for a decade? How do you let people be people whenever duty isn't demanding more than any should have to face?

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A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

Current read colourway. 💙

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