i am not sure how to rate this.

the story itself was interesting.
but it wasn’t written in a way that kept my interest. i had to keep reminding myself that i was reading and shouldn’t be thinking about where ever my thoughts had wandered off to because i started to get bored with the story.

i wanted to love this because i want to read and get more stories about women of historical moments that haven’t been told yet or haven’t been given enough voices yet.

but in many way this book read like short stories had an overarching theme going but each chapter could have been read as a single story.
i also found the constant switch of perspective and timelines and view points not only unnecessary but a big part of why i didn’t love this book

i would have liked this more if it would have been written differently.

clearly i am in a minority about that though since this book has really good ratings.

maybe i am just not well educated enough to get the story because i don’t know all the details and characters of the book already?
maybe this book only really makes sense if you read all three popular greek classics where the characters and story points where taken from?

but what kind of book is it where you have to be knowledgeable about an entire back story and at least three other books to like and/or enjoy the book?

oh well.

i might reread this someday.
once i read the necessary books to get it all. and maybe a nonfiction book or two in the topic. or you know, studying the history of troy, spartan the greek extensively to have all the background Info i could possibly need to really feel i don’t need to read a book like this because i already know or can imagine it all on my own.