Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

La Ilíada by Homer

26 reviews

elizabethjane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny

tourmaline1703's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall, I did enjoy this story, and I will accredit that to the translator. As a lover of the Classical world, it's obvious I read the Iliad, following my reading of the Odyssey and Metamorphoses last year (both in translation). Whilst this has not overtaken Metamorphoses as my favourite of the epics, it was still great.
The translation was witty and funny which helped balance the gritty violence of the war ongoing in the poem. Of course there are sectios which are just lists of names, but in this story, I needed the reminders of who was who because there was such a large amount of characters. I loved the dialoue in this, the humour was great and it captured the emotions of characters so well.
What confused me about this is it doesn't tell the story of the whole Trojan War.

It stops after Hector's death

which confused me because, whilst this is a crucial emotional moment, the war continued after this and the story feels unfinished. It does feel like an abrupt end which is confusing after you have read hundreds of pages of action. Despite it consisting almost entirely of battle scenes, it doesn't feel too repetitive and the different points of view help keep the story moving and interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Slavery

pbeeandj's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

kaitlyng's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Alcohol

devontoia's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

A lot of Greek name dropping and gory death scenes. It is basically a lot of killing of people you don’t care much about. I can appreciate its place in history and it certainly explains why Western culture views violence as entertainment, but it is personally not to my taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Slavery

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

ramireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-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

There is just something about this book. As someone who usually hates books that drone on about the fighting side of a war, I really found myself gripped in this one. The repetition really bought me back into the poetry mindset, and I think the book was well-paced and even though I knew what was going to happen, I found myself stressed, excited and on the edge of my seat. I am really looking forward to the Odyssey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, and Excrement

friends2lovers's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Slavery