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Rachael asked this question about A Thousand Ships:
How does this book compare to Pat Barker's THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS? Is this going to be an ongoing literary trend now--re-telling wars/conflicts through women's perspective(s)? I don't want another "GONE GIRL" kind of thing where one book launches a thousand wannabes, so to speak, and that's all we see for a while. Not to say that this trend/these books are bad, I just get tired of the same thing over and over.
Courtney It's the viewpoint of one vs. the view point of many. Silence of the Girls was told from the point of Briseis as she retold the tale of Achilles. A Th…moreIt's the viewpoint of one vs. the view point of many. Silence of the Girls was told from the point of Briseis as she retold the tale of Achilles. A Thousand Ships spans the entire Trojan war plus another decade after it's done from the perspectives of many female characters, including goddesses. It gives you a broader understanding of the event while still telling a cohesive story. I thoroughly enjoyed both. However, if you don't care for rotating perspectives or multiple writing styles (one of the females chapters are told in the format of letters) you might want to pass up on this one. (less)
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