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The Odyssey by Homer

7 reviews

therealslimkatie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Incest

athenian_frog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Confinement, Cannibalism, and Animal death

There are graphic deaths of several characters. A group of women are hung and it is described in the epic with a few disturbing lines. There is a lot of violence in general.

hareada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

What a luscious and sparkling translation! After the introduction, which was so accessible and made excellent points on the language of translations, and generally added to my understanding and enjoyment of the story, I had geared myself up for a difficult and tenuous read. But I was surprised by how beautifully simple the language used was. I have read very few ancient texts, so this interpretation is one I would absolutely recommend to beginners like me. In the poem itself, I was surprised by its domesticity, and the fact that half of it take place

upon his return to Ithaca!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

kaitlyng's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

catology's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

3.75

Personally, this is my favorite translation of the Odyssey I've ever read! Very good, would recommend. It's not the best classic I've ever read, but c'mon it's thousands of years old, cut it some slack.

I also think there's something really magical about reading a story that's lasted throughout the public consciousness this long. It's such a human story, and I loved reading it to see how little humanity has truly changed. It's like we're all running the same race without learning anything from the last lap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: War, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Rape

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism, Grief, and War

madmilliner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Its a good story, but, there are SO MANY REPETITIVE WORDS (yes, I know it's an "Epic poem") but, good grief! It's a plethora  of redundancy, for a story that I personally would have enjoyed; in a more stripped down, less poetic telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War