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theuncultured's review
4.0
I really love these little black classics. I often hate carrying a heavy book with me when I'm out for a walk so these are very pleasant to have. This one was such a lovely read, especially since I hadn't read anything by Catullus before. Some poems stand out such as 68 and 73. I was particularly interested and amused by his lines on what he called a "spent friendship."
gntis's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
eenaah's review
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Roman poets were wild😭
"𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘: 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐."
"𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 & 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 & 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 & 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 & 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕..
"𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒊𝒂
𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒆;
𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆-𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆
𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖."
"𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,"
"𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘: 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐."
"𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 & 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 & 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 & 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 & 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕..
"𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒊𝒂
𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒆;
𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆-𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆
𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖."
"𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,"
salemlockheart's review against another edition
1.0
“I hate and I love. And if you ask me how,
I do not know: I only feel it, and I’m torn in two.”
except i mostly hate this poetry and its translator.
I do not know: I only feel it, and I’m torn in two.”
except i mostly hate this poetry and its translator.
livliveslaughslovesbooks's review
4.25
Really liked some of the poems and was a bit weirded out by others.
The ones about friendship were definitly my favorite.
The ones about friendship were definitly my favorite.
cardcaptorkat's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0