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The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

fantastiskfiktion's review against another edition

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3.0

http://fantastiskfiktion.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/kabul-gronland-och-troja/

tgzink01's review against another edition

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3.0

I loved this book as a teen. I just made the mistake of learning about the author for my reread as an adult...

TW rape, child rape, sexual assault, murder, interpersonal violence towards women specifically, child death, and child murder.

solveigg's review against another edition

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5.0

È VERAMENTE ASSURDO CHE NESSUNO CONOSCA QUESTO CAPOLAVORO. la storia della guerra di troia rivista dagli occhi di cassandra in chiave femminista. Sicuramente tutti i fan della miller apprezzeranno.

jhouses's review against another edition

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2.0

De joven me encantó [b:The Mists of Avalon|402045|The Mists of Avalon|Marion Zimmer Bradley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388857089s/402045.jpg|806813], una versión de la leyenda Artúrica centrada en Morgana y despojada del anacronismo del romance medieval. Compré de saldo esta novela y, sin un motivo mayor que haber sido desplazada al fondo de "la pila" hasta hoy no la había leido. Poco puedo decir más que es un intento de reproducir el éxito de su novela artúrica en un ambiente griego. Las nieblas de Ilión tiene un punto importante de darle a la manivela de extruir novela. Cogemos la Iliada y sus satélites y escogemos a un personaje femenino que podamos definir como "incomprendido". Por desgracia solo Casandra cumple las condiciones y no resulta muy interesante. Es como "Chicken Little" pronosticando el fin y, cada vez que no la creen, los peersonajes que la rodean van perdiendo tridimensionalidad. Como novedad la convierte en aprendiz de amazona
Spoiler y suplanta a Paris en la muerte de Aquiles
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Resulta también un poco decepcionante el punto de visa sobre la mitología griega. Por un lado nos plantea una antigua religión basada en la Diosa Madre, amenazada por la nueva religión de los aqueos, patriarcal. Parece que el conflicto va a discurrir por el camino de la oposición entre matriarcado y patriarcado (como en las Nieblas) pero pronto la narrativa tradicional de la guerra de Troya se impone y todas las protagonistas pasan a ser espectadoras desde la muralla de los duelos entre aqueos y troyanos sin mas papel que sufrir y llorar. Interesantes planteamientos como la ambivalencia de Odiseo, se abandonan y las escenas clásicas del Olimpo de Homero se narran tal cual en los sueños de Casandra sin que vuelva a aparecer el conflico entre la Diosa y los Olímpicos. La historia del caballo se resuelve de cualquier manera y se despacha el final del sitio y el destino de los personajes en un par de apresurados capítulos.
Una última palabra para el traductor que decide volver a los nombres clásicos en lugar de las grafías elegidad explicitamente por la autora sin dar más explicaciones y suprimiendo sin más los párrafos en los que ella lo razonaba. Traduttore, traditore...

marureviere's review against another edition

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4.0

This is the first book that I've ever bought and it's what made me want to know more about Greek and Roman mythology

emilybryk's review against another edition

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2.0

On one hand, I'm always down for a good metafiction, and I'm a hell of a feminist. On the other hand, this isn't a good metafiction, no matter what its particular brand of feminism may be.

I'm frustrated by a number of things. I'm frustrated by what I guess I'd call a weird gender essentialism. Because all the men are horrible. All of them. And Kassandra (that K!) has very little to think about except for how terrible it is that all men are awful, and occasionally visions of smoke and flame. I get it. There is, without a doubt, a historical record of women in the classical world being essentially disposable.

That said, it's 600 pages of "She longed to be back on the plain, riding with the Amazons, rather than here in Priam's court, where she could never hope to be truly valued. She saw a vision of red smoke rising up, but chose to say nothing. No one would believe her. She longed to be somewhere she would be believed, not like here, in Troy, where she was valuable only as someone's daughter." And that's a god damn lot of pages of that.

natama's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

llona_llegaconlalluvia's review against another edition

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1.0

Piatto.
senza pathos, senza ritmo

leseaffe's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ellibo's review against another edition

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adventurous informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5