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Violence
A lot
Significant war violence; Troy falls graphically
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic and sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of unheeded truth, female subjugation, and fate
What this book is about
Kassandra of Troy, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, is given the gift of prophecy and the curse that no one will believe her. Bradley retells the Trojan War entirely from the female perspective, centering the women whose voices Homer silenced. Ambitious, feminist, and rich in period detail.
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War violence
Adult content
Mythological violence
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