http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5015 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Fri, 22 May 2026 19:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5015&cpage=1#comment-33369 girldetective Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:37:48 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5015#comment-33369 In the end, I pitied all three of the women, but my feelings for Patroclus were much more complex. And my concern makes it sound more negative than I felt, because it is a lovely, compelling book. In the end, I pitied all three of the women, but my feelings for Patroclus were much more complex. And my concern makes it sound more negative than I felt, because it is a lovely, compelling book.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5015&cpage=1#comment-33368 Susan @ Reading World Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:48:46 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5015#comment-33368 You make some good points. I really enjoyed this book. The writing was lovely and I thought Patroclus was a unique perspective to use to tell a well-known tale from a different angle. This story is always heart-breaking, no matter whose side you tell it from, and somehow, no matter what retelling I read, it always gets to me. Sort of like King Arthur. I know how it's going to end, but I read it and weep every time. The women in the book weren't much it's true, but there was a lot about the book to admire anyway. You make some good points. I really enjoyed this book. The writing was lovely and I thought Patroclus was a unique perspective to use to tell a well-known tale from a different angle. This story is always heart-breaking, no matter whose side you tell it from, and somehow, no matter what retelling I read, it always gets to me. Sort of like King Arthur. I know how it’s going to end, but I read it and weep every time. The women in the book weren’t much it’s true, but there was a lot about the book to admire anyway.

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