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adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I found it hard, particularly at the beginning, before characters’ iconography had been established, to tell exactly what I was looking at a lot of the time. But then, is it not hard to tell what’s happening in the insane chaos of war? I wish things had been easier to make out on the page, but I still very much enjoy this for what it is, which is a tremendous adaptation of one of the most compelling episodes in Herodotus’ Histories, that embellishes just enough to elevate history to a thrilling story, while still keeping quite close to the sources we have on Sparta and the 300. An easy recommendation, to be sure!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Homophobia, and Xenophobia
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