rahulporuri's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
maria_zoulia's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
tense
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
5.0
Oh, boy! This volume was a huge rollercoaster in comparison to the others. Enjoyable as always, with great and detailed art, full of historical accurancy and a huge cast of interesting and dinstictive characters, some respectable (ex. Odysseus , Hector ) and some hateable ( PARIS ).
Here's a list of all my impressions:
1) ACHILLES, as a said in my previous review , Achilles, a hero that I was never fond of, earned my respect in Sacrifice. In this one, however, he lost a great deal of it for various reason, the first one being that (view spoiler).
The second being when he found out that he wasn't invited to a feast and he whined about (though I understand him in this case, the guy literally risked his LIFE fighting that day and he gets nothing!).
2) PARIS, I LITERALLY HATE PARIS! HE'S COWARD, ANNOYING AND STUPID! A moment that triggered me was in Priam's hall, when Menelaus was arguing and he was trying to recover his wife, Helen, Pariss, who knew that Helen would choose to stay with him, had a smug look on his face that MADE ME IRK! I wanted to enter the story AND SLAP IT OUT OF HIM!!! .
I seriously wonder what does Helen sees in him. Anyway, moving on to something more positive...
3) AKAMAS, ok I admit, I merely mention him 'cause he's so damn hot!!!
And Laodike thinks the same, although her behavior towards him was straight up creepy!
The battle begins in the next volume! Stay tuned! We will enter the most interesting part of the series now!
Here's a list of all my impressions:
1) ACHILLES, as a said in my previous review , Achilles, a hero that I was never fond of, earned my respect in Sacrifice. In this one, however, he lost a great deal of it for various reason, the first one being that (view spoiler).
The second being when he found out that he wasn't invited to a feast and he whined about (though I understand him in this case, the guy literally risked his LIFE fighting that day and he gets nothing!).
2) PARIS, I LITERALLY HATE PARIS! HE'S COWARD, ANNOYING AND STUPID! A moment that triggered me was in Priam's hall, when Menelaus was arguing and he was trying to recover his wife, Helen, Pariss, who knew that Helen would choose to stay with him, had a smug look on his face that MADE ME IRK! I wanted to enter the story AND SLAP IT OUT OF HIM!!! .
I seriously wonder what does Helen sees in him. Anyway, moving on to something more positive...
3) AKAMAS, ok I admit, I merely mention him 'cause he's so damn hot!!!
And Laodike thinks the same, although her behavior towards him was straight up creepy!
The battle begins in the next volume! Stay tuned! We will enter the most interesting part of the series now!
magnetgrrl's review
4.0
Kind of a dip from the second volume, Sacrifice, but only because that one was so amazing it would be hard to top. Still an incredibly intricate and deep retelling of the Iliad. By the end of Betrayal, the war *still* hasn't started yet, but hopefully we're getting close. (I'm actually starting to wonder if Shanower is going to put us through the literary equivalent of 9 years waiting... but I for one am excited to see what he can do with that.)
ederwin's review
3.0
Volume 3 and the actual war hasn't really started yet. This one is mostly about the Achaens sending an "embassy" to Troy to try to negotiate a way of avoiding war. Spoiler alert: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu.
I had mistakenly assumed that Shanower had already published the complete story, but no. There is one more published volume (mostly about Troilus and Cressida, I think), then probably a long wait for the next. It takes time to draw so many pictures. Sigh.... I don't want to have to wait! But this is a very good telling of the story, so I will continue.
I had mistakenly assumed that Shanower had already published the complete story, but no. There is one more published volume (mostly about Troilus and Cressida, I think), then probably a long wait for the next. It takes time to draw so many pictures. Sigh.... I don't want to have to wait! But this is a very good telling of the story, so I will continue.
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