Reviews with content warning for Death - L'ILIADE

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L'ILIADE by Homer

96 reviews

ferch's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

THIS IS SO EPIC. I seriously recommend Peter Presets (YouTube channel) that reads and gives an analysis of each chapter. He helped me get through it and appreciate the entire value.
SUMMARY: GORE OF WAR, GLORY AND GRIEF.
A must read if you love Greek Mythology, though you need some context from the Epic Cycle [books before the Iliad] and some context to understand and appreciate this art better.

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introverted_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rip achilles you would’ve loved grindr

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bootrat's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 16%

Extremely boring and repetitive. Apart from small mentions of the gods, and them arguing about meddling in the war, the whole book seems to be lists of names and relatisns, and who killed whom. "Person 1, son of x from [place], fought person 2, son of y from [place], and killed him like this. Then person 1 fought person 3, son of z from [place], and killed him like this."
I got 2.5 hours in, and it seemed like this was going to be the entire book! Maybe I'll revisit it at some point, but as a physical book rather than an audiobook so I can skim through it and see if anything more actually happens.

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syliu's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had a lot of fun reading this, and I’m glad to have experienced some of Homer in this way. That said I was quite disappointed by the actual portion of the legend of the Trojan War presented here.

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ewwa18's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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cthulhu_calamari's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hjb_128's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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cpratreads's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I did not enjoy reading this book. It was such a slog.

I am not a big fan of war focused narratives, so that part is on me. But the descriptions are simply too in-depth. I also would have an existential crisis if I lived in this book, as the Gods seem to always do what they want, except when they don't, so it doens't even make anything feel important.

If you like lists, then boy do I have a story for you. The lists in this book are endless, and include: the name of every ship being sailed including a description and how many men are on board - the name of every person who dies ever in this war, how they die, and who they are related to - the names of everyone that participates in any sort of game, wager, race, etc. A list lovers dream, truely.

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