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CBee
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Many of you know that I‘m a mythology fanatic. So WHY did it take me so long to read this fan-friggin-tastic book? I have no excuse 🫣 Like many of you who‘ve read this, I especially loved Penelope‘s letters - I always wanted to hear more about her and how she actually felt. These women are so often footnotes and here, they‘re front and center. LOVED it. #readyourkindle #february

BeeCurious Sounds wonderful! Maybe I should stop putting off reading it, too. 4w
CBee @BeeCurious you should 😊 And I hope you love it too. 4w
Allylu Penelope is my favorite! Have you read The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood? I listened to the audiobook and it was great - especially the Virgin Chorus. You will love it! 4w
CBee @Allylu I started it but for some reason it didn‘t hold my interest at the time 🤷‍♀️😅 I‘ll have to try again! 4w
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Gissy
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Eggs Beautiful 🩵💙🩵 3mo
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Karons1
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Absolutely loved it possibly the only book which has made me want to read Homer and Iliad ! Superb , In fact loved it so much I raced out to buy stone blind and have ordered her other books from the library - a new fav author and how talented this lady is when you look at her career makes one feel rather dull !

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Hooked_on_books
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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After not enjoying mythology retellings but loving Stone Blind, I thought I‘d give another Haynes book a try. I did find this a little flat in places and sometimes a little hard to get into with such a large cast of characters, but parts were fabulous, like Penelope‘s letters to Odysseus. A low pick for me.

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jahnna
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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eleventh book of summer

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Karons1
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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#julybookspinbingo here we go !

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eeclayton
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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It's great that all these women are finally given voices, their stories are finally told, their experiences are finally put into focus.
Calliope's chapters felt a bit didactic, a bit overexplaining to me, but I enjoyed everything else. Each voice was distinct and authentic. Penelope's letters and her sarcasm especially grew on me.

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Kazzie
Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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This was great - the feelings and passion and ANGER of the Greek and Trojan women was fascinating and fantastic. I liked learning about lesser known Greek characters

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Twainy
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🎧 Trojan war. Over > Helen. An Iliad retelling from the POV of a minor Queen‘s character (Briseis) that you should read. She was a spoil of war for Achilles of the Greeks who killed her husband & brothers.

The ending was sad.

A story of the women behind the scenes of war. Slaves, nurses, prostitutes, baby makers told in reflection many years later.

War is brutal. This is dark. Not a good time in history to be a woman. Good narration!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twainy I will read more by this author! 13mo
Daisey Reviews of this always sound so good but also tough, so I‘ve never gotten around to picking it up. 13mo
Twainy @Daisey it‘s a good audio. I connected with the author‘s writing in verbal form. The characters are given some depth & you feel that there was much more to war than the field of battle. Historical novel. I listened to a Libby loan. 😁 13mo
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Andrea4
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Finished this a bit ago, but life's been busy (not for the dog lol) and I think the reviews are pretty unanimous!
My faves were Penelope and well, the muse.

ShelleyBooksie Sweet pic 13mo
Andrea4 @ShelleyBooksie yea, he was keeping me company the other weekend when I got some kind of stomach bug and passed out on the couch 13mo
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