Reviews with content warning for Rape - Troy

Stephan Fry is brilliant and his story telling makes my heart so happy. As someone who views all religion as a sort of mythos and knowing Fry is a self described atheist as well, I read and listen to these stories for their window in time and purely for their stories! Fry is one of my favorite story tellers at this point and I will read anything he writes. I only give this one 4 stars simply because it really is so graphic and the death of children is just hard to read/listen to.

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adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

5.0

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camoo3032's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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matildabirdie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The story of the Trojan War is one of the greatest of all times and Stephen Fry is equally intelligent, witty and engaging. This combination made for an exceptional book. Undeniably a little depressing when it ended on the rape and pillaging of Troy.

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adventurous dark sad medium-paced

3.0

If you aready know the myths surrounding Troy then you won't get much from this book. I feel like this would be perfect for those who are first getting into the myths, but are unsure where to start, since they are presented in the order they occurred.

It took forever for me to get through this book. I found myself really losing interest after the first 100 pages. It's actually quite easy to read, besides some of the names, but that's to be expected. However, I didn't find Stephen Fry's voice here to be very interesting. I mean, yeah, he's certainly telling us the myths, but it's just not the fresh take that I think most are looking for when it comes to retellings.

The actual book ends on page 333 (paperback version), with the last 100 pages being the Appendix, List of Characters, Picture Credits, Acknowledgements, and Index. So it's at least less of a beast to read than it first appears.

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