Reviews - Homer: The Illiad and the Odyssey

292 reviews for:

Homer: The Illiad and the Odyssey

Homer

3.9 AVERAGE

estebanj12's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nathys_8's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved how descriptive the war scenes were and how detailed the talks between characters were.
It was a bit complicated to follow all the characters in the Iliad since there were so many heroes and fights.
The Odyssey was my favorite of the two, it was easier to follow and you realize truly what kind of person he was, very different as how he is described in the Iliad.
I would have liked a more conclusive end to both books, they finish sort of hanging in the air especially the Iliad, even though by reading the Odyssey you can kind of piece together what happens.

All in all I loved both books and I am looking forward to see how the movie of Christopher Nolan will depict the Odyssey.

beckiii_3's review against another edition

3.0

*3.5 stars
The Iliad - 3 stars, thank goodness I know the story of Troy fairly well at this point.

The Odyssey - 4 stars

jenreads1026's review against another edition

4.0

I split the book between the audible version and ebook. The audible version was easier to listen to since most of these stories were broken into the various chapters making it for easy stop/start. My problem with this is for a long book - listening to the audible version seemed to take fooorrrreeeevvveeeerrrr. Also, some of the stories seemed to drag as we're going through the names of everyone listed and they're never short names. :-)