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Much like many of it's character were aware of the magnitude of this war and how their affailiation to it would etch their names for time immemorial i too feel that the tale of the Fall of Troy will be one of those stories that will never seize to capture the minds of people. Who knows how many more years will the Iliad rein supreme in when speaking of Ancient tales. Will its text outlive the human race just as it did all those people who worked to preserve it for more than 2700 years?

I had always wanted to read the Iliad and of course the odyssey but felt intimated by the sheer amount of Greek mythology imbedded in it. However after having finally read it i can say that one gets used to the writing and the constant "____son of ____ tamer of ___" lol. At first i of course found myself having to pause to look at the end notes to find more about these characters but after a while and 600 pages later i got slowly used to it.

I am glad of finally reading it and trying to explain the magnitude of my love for it would be futile. Another thing that would be futile would be to try and comprehend the vastness of its pages and the indelible mark it has had for humanity in general.

The rage of Achilles has lived this long and learning about it through this was an experience that Im sure will never seize to capture my imagination, i cant wait to start the Odyssey some day.

"There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad."

"The best of men and women are those who have been tested by adversity and have come out the other side with their spirits intact.

enya_mcardle's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

catflapper's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

theqweenizzy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

anareadss1's review against another edition

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no pude, lo siento.

sé que es un clásico, muy importante, ya lo sé, pero Dios, que aburrido está. ¿por qué escribían así, Dios Santo? en serio, no me parece buena estrategia de lectura. ¿En serio antes así escribían o incluso hablaban? No sé, no creo, pero no puedo seguir leyéndolo, me aburre, revolotea demasiado las palabras. Para decir una sola cosa, Homero escribía un párrafo de media hoja. Me duele la cabeza de solo pensar en ponerme a leerlo y le quita la emoción a la lectura. Y a la vida.

Díganme inculta, está bien, yo seguiré leyendo feliz y emocionada mis enemies to lovers y smut y distopias y romances, bye.

ninafcf's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

judy22's review against another edition

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3.0

The book was easier to read than I thought it would be. What helped make the book easier to understand was reading the introductions and the explanations that the professor gave.
I also researched in the internet names of entities and gods that I didn't know who they were.
This book was very gore, with a lot of blood and the descriptions of the injuries that led to dead.

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