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The Voyage Home (Women of Troy, #3)
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Just finished this most recent Pat Barker release. I adored The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy, and I have told many people that the first of this series is one of the greatest books to have ever been written, in my opinion.
So, it would be fair to say I went into this third instalment of the series with high expectations....
The Voyage Home almost feels like a standalone. We have some characters from the previous instalments, but I would say you can read this without having dived into The Silence of the Girls (although I highly recommend it, as it is one of the BEST BOOKS EVER). For me, I was quite relieved, as The Women of Troy provided such a fitting ending for so many characters, but on the flip side it meant The Voyage Home had a lot of work to invest me in a new set of characters.
Whilst I was invested and enjoyed this read, especially with Pat Barker's wonderful prose once again being present, I feel it was a victim of my extremely high expectations. There weren't any of those moments I remember from the previous two instalments, which are still vivid in my mind despite my reading them years ago now. But, it is unfair to compare to brilliant, exceptional books, so I do know I was unfair to The Voyage Home, but I could not avoid it.
Still a good read, with the final third being crafted and put together magnificently, but I would push the previous two instalments far, far more.
4/5 STARS
My personal BookTube channel - William Gwynne
Just finished this most recent Pat Barker release. I adored The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy, and I have told many people that the first of this series is one of the greatest books to have ever been written, in my opinion.
So, it would be fair to say I went into this third instalment of the series with high expectations....
The Voyage Home almost feels like a standalone. We have some characters from the previous instalments, but I would say you can read this without having dived into The Silence of the Girls (although I highly recommend it, as it is one of the BEST BOOKS EVER). For me, I was quite relieved, as The Women of Troy provided such a fitting ending for so many characters, but on the flip side it meant The Voyage Home had a lot of work to invest me in a new set of characters.
Whilst I was invested and enjoyed this read, especially with Pat Barker's wonderful prose once again being present, I feel it was a victim of my extremely high expectations. There weren't any of those moments I remember from the previous two instalments, which are still vivid in my mind despite my reading them years ago now. But, it is unfair to compare to brilliant, exceptional books, so I do know I was unfair to The Voyage Home, but I could not avoid it.
Still a good read, with the final third being crafted and put together magnificently, but I would push the previous two instalments far, far more.
4/5 STARS
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