Natalie Haynes 2019
- What it is
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A myth or a classic told anew · a big story that sweeps you along
- Genre
- Classics Historical fiction Literary
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Grouped with yours in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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A big story that sweeps you along
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Sad, and in no hurry · it hurts, and then it heals
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Melancholic and unhurried · it tells it with no filter
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Retelling and epic
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A reader shelved it with yours in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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Readers put them together in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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In common with yours: retelling · a world to get lost in
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A big story that sweeps you along · a myth or a classic told anew
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In common with yours: retelling · a world to get lost in
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In common with yours: retelling · it restores your faith in people
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In common with yours: retelling · love in the middle of danger
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In common with yours: retelling · comedy with teeth
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Only melancholic and unhurried
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Sad, and in no hurry · it hurts, and then it heals
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Sad, and in no hurry · it makes you cry, in a good way
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Melancholic and unhurried · it stirs you up inside
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Sad, and in no hurry · nobody is entirely good
9 books · Alike in just one
Only retelling
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Readers put them together in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
The Song of Achilles
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Grouped with yours in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
Lavinia
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Like yours: retelling · one to read slowly
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In common with yours: retelling · love in the middle of danger
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Like yours: retelling · it's hiding a secret
Historian
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Like yours: retelling · the truth comes out bit by bit
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In common with yours: retelling · odd and endearing
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Like yours: retelling · a mystery you want to solve
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Only epic
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Fierce and defiant · it leaves you shaken
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Fierce and defiant · it leaves you shaken
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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Fierce and defiant · nobody is entirely good
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Fierce and defiant · it tells it straight
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