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jjschlic's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. It is about connections, relationships, and the place we call "home". I do not know enough about the Trojan War saga to know how closely this holds to the story, but I do know that it pans out to be a great novel. The imagery and sense of setting were second to none. The story lobs between two female points of view. While this made the story richer, I found that if I put my bookmark in the middle of a chapter, I was confused and would have to go back and confirm who was speaking. Overall, this book was a worthy read and I recommend it to anyone looking for a great story with strong female characters.
urlphantomhive's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars
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New Charity Blues is marketed as a retelling of the Trojan War, but as such, the comparisons are rather subtle and I wouldn't recommend it being read like that. After a devastating plague survivors have scrambled together to form two communities, one poor, one relatively rich. When one girl is allowed into the New Charity from the City, she is surprised to see the riches there and she might hold the future of the entire world in her hands.
This was an interesting read. The focus was not so much on the post-apocalyptic setting of the story but more about relevant questions of good and evil, what we would like and what we should do. As such, very interesting. The dual POV was not my favourite but I enjoyed reading the novel nevertheless.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
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New Charity Blues is marketed as a retelling of the Trojan War, but as such, the comparisons are rather subtle and I wouldn't recommend it being read like that. After a devastating plague survivors have scrambled together to form two communities, one poor, one relatively rich. When one girl is allowed into the New Charity from the City, she is surprised to see the riches there and she might hold the future of the entire world in her hands.
This was an interesting read. The focus was not so much on the post-apocalyptic setting of the story but more about relevant questions of good and evil, what we would like and what we should do. As such, very interesting. The dual POV was not my favourite but I enjoyed reading the novel nevertheless.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
castorstarr's review
3.0
3
I'm going to start this by just straight out saying that this book isn't what I expected it to be. This book is extremely YA, and I thought it was going to be much cooler and much more speculative, but it was more of a basic dystopia that occasionally borrowed references from The Trojan War.
If you're looking for a cool retelling of the Trojan War, don't read this book. But if you want a dystopia about magic and droughts, then this might be your thing. It might have been mine, if I hadn't been so let down by what I actually wanted it to be.
Some people are confused that there's magic in this, which is... hilarious. Because Cassandra is a main character. Y'all know what Cassandra's whole deal is, right? There's magic in every Greek story. That super didn't bother me, that's one of the only things that stayed in line with it being a "retelling" (though it really, really wasn't).
I didn't like the world, I feel like there were a lot of lost opportunities to talk about the elemental magic, the choice of using pathos via old memories when we, the readers, don't connect to it was a poor one, and this story ultimately is not going to stay with me,
I'm going to start this by just straight out saying that this book isn't what I expected it to be. This book is extremely YA, and I thought it was going to be much cooler and much more speculative, but it was more of a basic dystopia that occasionally borrowed references from The Trojan War.
If you're looking for a cool retelling of the Trojan War, don't read this book. But if you want a dystopia about magic and droughts, then this might be your thing. It might have been mine, if I hadn't been so let down by what I actually wanted it to be.
Some people are confused that there's magic in this, which is... hilarious. Because Cassandra is a main character. Y'all know what Cassandra's whole deal is, right? There's magic in every Greek story. That super didn't bother me, that's one of the only things that stayed in line with it being a "retelling" (though it really, really wasn't).
I didn't like the world, I feel like there were a lot of lost opportunities to talk about the elemental magic, the choice of using pathos via old memories when we, the readers, don't connect to it was a poor one, and this story ultimately is not going to stay with me,
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