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Homer The Illiad by

nicktheprice's review against another edition

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5.0

Favorite translation so far!

_sal_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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.

maxgotthebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Obviously this book is of great historical value and taking into consideration how it was created and when it was created it is a masterpiece. Although by my personal standards it’s not a very well written or well delivered plot. 

theoryofabook's review against another edition

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3.0

Ça m’a pris un an et trois éditions différentes avant d’arriver à terminer ce livre. Ce ne fut pas une lecture facile, le style étant répétitif, plusieurs personnages et déviant souvent de l’histoire principale. J’ai aimé la présence et l’influence des dieux pendant ce conflits et que dire des batailles! Ce livre ne manquait pas d’action. J’ai aussi été agréablement surpris qu’Hector soit aussi omniprésent, il à toujours été le personnage de la mythologie grecque m’intéressant le plus.