Ace’s Reviews > The Silence of the Girls > Status Update

“We’re going to survive– our songs, our stories…they’ll never be able to forget about us…”

“Grief was what united them, but it divided them as well”

I’m on the edge of my seat, Briseis was this close to escaping, and yet, Priam is right, even if she leaves with him, she’d only be captured again when Troy falls….but still…..I want her to find her out, her freedom soon

I want Briseis to have her out, I want her to have a happy outcome by the end of this book,

Agamemnon is a fucking coward, and Achilles is no better, both big man babies in their own right.

Patroclus is the only one in the Greek army who has his brain on and makes sense…..

Chryseis is the lucky one, she will be able to return home, to be safe….Briseis on the other hand, we have yet to learn of what that spineless coward of a king, Agamemnon, will do to her….

“…they’re the warriors, with their helmets and armour, their sword and spears, and they don’t seem to see our battles, or they prefer not to. Perhaps if they realised we’re not the gentle creatures they take us for, their own peace of mind would be shattered…”