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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
My least favorite of classic Greek stories, the scientific and psychological worlds don't mix properly.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a really fun translation. I'm really enjoying it!
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Never had I been more surprised to like a book in further recommended reading for World literature I, an exam I have passed two years ago.
This is a collection of stories told in various points of view and set in different time periods, from the beginning of time until Julius Caesar, and they are centered on transformations – literal and metaphorical.
There are many well-known stories and characters like Lycaon, Apollo and Daphne, Io, Semele, Persephone, Europa, Pygmalion, Arachne, Medusa, Medea and Jason and etc.
Of course, the Gods are present as well, and heroes like Theseus and Hercules, Ulysses, and Achilles.
Even if you didn’t have any knowledge about Greek/Roman mythology this book is enjoyable. And has a great reread ability? You have a wish to reread it right after reading it. Certainly worth spending your day/week on reading.
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A must-read for anyone who likes mythology. Review to come.
This is a collection of stories told in various points of view and set in different time periods, from the beginning of time until Julius Caesar, and they are centered on transformations – literal and metaphorical.
There are many well-known stories and characters like Lycaon, Apollo and Daphne, Io, Semele, Persephone, Europa, Pygmalion, Arachne, Medusa, Medea and Jason and etc.
Of course, the Gods are present as well, and heroes like Theseus and Hercules, Ulysses, and Achilles.
Even if you didn’t have any knowledge about Greek/Roman mythology this book is enjoyable. And has a great reread ability? You have a wish to reread it right after reading it. Certainly worth spending your day/week on reading.
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A must-read for anyone who likes mythology. Review to come.
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
fast-paced
It's truly cinematic at times, but with sly details and deflating humor.
Didn't make a lot of notes, but here are two toward the end:
Red Wedding? Check!
Incels? Check!
There were many passages I read out loud with delight but did not make a note of.
My attention started to flag on the last half of final book, but otherwise I loved it.
Didn't make a lot of notes, but here are two toward the end:
Red Wedding? Check!
"It happened that an antique mixing bowl, engraved elaborately, stood nearby; though it was large, Theseus was larger, and so the greathearted hero hoisted it and smashed it into his opponent's face" (book XII lines 353-7)
Incels? Check!
"O Galatea, whiter than the snowy white flowers that decorate the privet hedge, richer in blossoms than the meadow is, taller, more slender than an alder tree, brighter than crystal, more skittish than a kid, smoother than a seashell on the shore worn by the ceaseless motion of the waves, more pleasing than the shade in summertime or sun in winter, swifter than the deer, and even more remarkable to see, far more conspicuous than the tall plane tree, clearer than ice, sweeter than ripe grapes, softer than swans' down or the curdled milk, and, if you would not always flee from me, thore beautiful than an irrigated garden.
Yet you, the very selfsame Galatea, are fiercer than an untamed heifer is, harder than oak, more feigning than the sea, tougher than willow wands or bryony les movable than the rock I'm sitting on, rougher than rapids, prouder than a peacock, fiercer than fire, bitterer than thistles, grumpier than a nursing mother-bear, more unresponsive even than the ocean, less apt to pity than a stepped-on snake [...]." (book XIII lines 1142-68)
There were many passages I read out loud with delight but did not make a note of.
My attention started to flag on the last half of final book, but otherwise I loved it.