Reviews

The Trojan Women: A Comic by Euripides, Anne Carson

emilychau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

0.5

caracabe's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

himborpheus's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

kmt75's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

ostrava's review against another edition

5.0

There's something about it. It's a wonderful story, the Iliad, but the scene here is wonderfully captured and each and every line feels right. Loved it, if I'm being honest, I think I like it more than Medea...

ribbon_bark's review

5.0

Anne Carson never ceases to floor me completely.

foggy_rosamund's review

5.0

This is Carson's interpretation of Euripides' The Trojan Women, as illustrated by Rosanna Bruno. Plays and comics have a lot in common, both being forms that marry the visuals and dialogue, and both can work with broad or small palettes. Rosanna Bruno's illustrations are loose, spontaneous and gestural: they give the play a sense of immediacy, as though the action is taking place right now, almost too quickly to be captured. Though many of the interpretations of characters are quirky or unexpected, such as Andromache appearing as a poplar sapling, or Athene as a pair of overalls, Bruno captures the poignancy of these images, as well as their irony. Carson's interpretation of this story is also admirable: her poetry is vivid and clear, and captures the atmosphere of a city devastated by war. It feels brutally relevant: these characters wait in a camp for their future to be decided by forces beyond their control, unable to protect their children. Carson presents the facts starkly and without authorial comment, making the story feel both immediate and eternal. Though there are imperfections both in the text and in the images, overall I thought this was an impressive achievement, much more so than many of the other modern interpretations of the women of Troy.

iammyowngodandmartyr's review

5.0

Anne Carson branches into graphic novels?? Effervescent. Also sad. The play is, as they say, a tragedy.

Loved Andromache as a tree split down the middle => Astyanax is a sapling cut down too soon. Athena as a pair of "Warhartt" overalls with an owl mask (this is so funny I will never not love this). Wonderful illustrations. I think this is a really good medium for plays!!! More ppl should do dramatic poetry as graphic novels pls

sch91086's review

2.0

This was just meh, unfortunately.

It was amusing to see Helen turned into a fox and a hand mirror, Hekabe, “Top Bitch” a sled dog, Athene, literally an owl head in a pair of overalls.

I’m sure it’s all impossibly witty but I didn’t get it. Missed the point. Don’t care enough to dig for the point.

Also I wished the drawings had color.

ailsabmit2nobody's review

dark

3.0