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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.
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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! 🤷🏼‍♂️😅 3w
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.
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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.
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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
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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Penelope's so done. 😆

dabbe What she had to put up with ... #oytotheultimatevey 😂 3w
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.“
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Robotswithpersonality @dabbe I hadn't, no. That's beautiful. ♥️ 3w
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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Witness Paris tap dancing around answering in one of the most famed no-win situations. 🍎🫣

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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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😔

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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Oh, Penelope, get in line! Don't worry, it'll happen. 🔪

BookmarkTavern All my homies hate Agamemnon. 😂 3w
dabbe He was a real arse. 😂 3w
Robotswithpersonality @BookmarkTavern @dabbe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Seconded! 3w
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Robotswithpersonality
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Yeah, safe to say Paris is not known for his shining reputation.

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Jen2
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Delightful!

catsuit_mango I just read mythos and now need to read all his other books on mythology :) 3w
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emmasm08
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Just finished the second in this Pat Barker trilogy ! And looking forward to the third - great books especially when I‘m reading them in Greece .

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julieclair
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Wine. White in the summer, red in the winter.

2. A Thousand Ships, which I read with #LiteraryCrew . The Trojan War from the women‘s perspective. Fabulous!

Thanks for the tag, @dabbe

TheSpineView ❤️🍷 Thanks for playing 3mo
dabbe As Billy Joel would sing, “A bottle of white, a bottle of red ...“ 🩶🖤🩶 3mo
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