It's my last Christmas book of the season! It's a decent read, but pretty forgettable. Nothing close to noteworthy.
Tag: Historical Fiction
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Pat Barker retells the Iliad in The Silence of the Girls from a new and forgotten point of view: the women. Briseis was queen of a city before it fell making her a slave to Achilles. An entertaining story. Barker misses the mark for victims and survivors of abuse.
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
A tail of ruin and riches, love and heartbreak, joy and sorrow. History and fantasy entwine in Imogen Hermes Gowar’s debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock to completely captivate the reader.