The Voyage Home: A Novel

La trilogía es buenísima.

Brilliant storytelling. I read all three in this series and even though I knew practically nothing about Greek mythology I found them all fascinating. I did a lot of googling to find out who was who, but that didn't diminish the pleasure of Barker's novels.

Well done,Pat. Thoroughly enjoyed this final instalment of the trilogy. A good, absorbing read.

The Voyage Home is a fitting and sorrowful conclusion to Pat Barker's brilliantly reimagined tale of the Iliad--told here from the point of view of the Greek and Trojan women who were victims of vainglorious husbands' and captures. The story focuses on two different women--Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Clytemnestra, mother of Iphigenia, who was sacrificed by Agamemnon for fair sailing winds. The novel explores the multitude of reasons women want and will seek vengeance against the Mycenaean King. It also explores the emotional and familial cost vengeance extracts and ultimately its failure to assuage the pain of what was lost. Brilliantly and powerfully told. Myth and legend told with an entirely fresh and original perspective--that of the women whose lives were destroyed.

Third book in retelling of the stories of the fates of the Trojan Women, after the fall of Troy. First 2 books are magnificent but The Voyage Home is lacking the conviction of the others. Too much padding before the actual climax and yet the book is considerably shorter than both the others.