Reviews tagging 'Death'

L'ILIADE by Homer

96 reviews

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this shit was wild my head is so fried rn, I like that Homer included a talking horse for about two lines and then immediately retconned it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Excrement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Abandonment

ramireads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-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: Yes

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There is just something about this book. As someone who usually hates books that drone on about the fighting side of a war, I really found myself gripped in this one. The repetition really bought me back into the poetry mindset, and I think the book was well-paced and even though I knew what was going to happen, I found myself stressed, excited and on the edge of my seat. I am really looking forward to the Odyssey. 

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Content Warnings

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

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Excrement

piapoyopi's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement

friends2lovers's review against another edition

4.0

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Slavery

marica's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Death

bethybooevans's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

bubblegum_or_books's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Grief

Minor: Sexism, Slavery

kibbles15's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense 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: Yes

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This book has been on my "books to read" list for a while. Thanks to a challenge from my library (and the recent popularity of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller) I decided to move this book up on my list. Going in I had no idea what to expect. All I knew about the story is that there was a war on Troy due to a woman named Helen and that somehow Achilles was part of the story. Honestly, even going in with no expectations, I was very disappointed. None of the characters were likable and the story did not move forward at all. Pretty much the whole story was people fighting against each other for no other reasons than pride and/or vengeance. Which side was winning was entirely dependent on how the Gods, mainly Zeus were feeling that day. That being said, I listened to the audiobook version of this book and it is beautifully performed/read by Dan Stevens. I think that his reading is the only reason I made it through the whole book. (I am adding a star just for his reading). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery

thatbcami's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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this was so unexpectedly entertaining and i even cried quite a lot at the end lol.
it did feel a bit repetitive towards the middle but because it’s narrated so differently than what i’m used to i can’t really complain.
i mean can i even rate this?😅 it’s a privilege among itself to be able to read this story which was written so long ago, i’m glad i read it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Death, Slavery