🏺 Ep. 2: April Book Club // The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

Happy book club Monday deerlings! Welcome to the second episode of the Scones & Tomes Book Club. I am so excited to be chatting about The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker with you today!

📝 Discussion Guide

1. What was your overall experience reading The Silence of the Girls and how did you rate it?

2. The Silence of the Girls is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, how did reading this book impact your understanding of the source material or vice versa?

3. Throughout The Iliad and Greek mythology as a whole, Achilles is always seen as a hero. How does this novel challenge that image throughout the book and what was your opinion of him by the end?

4. One of the biggest critiques of this book is that it was written in more of a modern style. Do you feel that it took away from your reading experience? Or did it make the ancient stories much more easy to enjoy?

5. From what we know of ancient Greek culture and customs, the gods play a much bigger role in the lives of mortals than we are witness to in the novel. What did you think of their omission from the story?

P O R T A L S

🏺 Order The Silence of the Girls // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 Order The Women of Troy, Book 2 in the series // Amazon | Bookshop

🏮 Our May Pick: The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur // Amazon | Bookshop

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OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED

🏺 The Iliad // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 The Odyssey // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes // Amazon | Bookshop

🏺 For the Most Beautiful by Emily Hauser // Amazon |

🏺 Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

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