Reviews tagging 'Death'

L'ILIADE by Homer

96 reviews

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking

gabriella_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The scene with Andromache and her son had me fighting for my life. Also who doesn’t love some Patroclus and Achilles love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War

elunia16's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation

emmonsannae's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There's not much to say about this that hasn’t already been said by someone smarter. I did enjoy seeing how this is the prototype for so many of our later stories in some form or another—war and battle, carrying the past, wrestling with fate and duty, being doomed by the narrative and fighting in spite of it. There is something uniquely enduring about these stories that has imprinted itself on our collective consciousness, in the way we instinctively recognize the heart of them even if we haven't read them before (which was a cool experience for me). I did love it. It wasn't an easy read, but I enjoyed reading it. I found Fagles' translation very readable and beautifully phrased.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery

herelieshenry's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape, Slavery

Minor: Death

sofrosune's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring 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: N/A

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Estuvo mejor de lo que esperaba. Lamentablemente la Ilíada no narra la guerra de Troya en su totalidad, sino que termina con el funeral de Héctor el matador de hombres y domador de caballos, y no hay mención del caballo de Troya.

Lectura necesaria para por su valor cultural, y también para quitarse la falsa imagen presentada por la película Troya (2004).

Personaje infravalorado: Diomedes.

Consejo: NO leer la versión de la editorial Edimat, está llena de faltas ortográficas, y no posee notas ni glosario.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death

xlbelle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

kaitlyng's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, Alcohol

devontoia's review against another edition

1.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A lot of Greek name dropping and gory death scenes. It is basically a lot of killing of people you don’t care much about. I can appreciate its place in history and it certainly explains why Western culture views violence as entertainment, but it is personally not to my taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Slavery

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery