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adventurous
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Homer is one of the major source materials we have for life during ancient Greece. There is little to complain about that feels warranted. There is a level of magic in being able to read something which was composed and told orally so many lifetimes ago.
The story is repetitive and rather slow; however, when you remember that it was told over a long course of time (rather than the week I spent on it) the repetition is forgivable. The translator did a wonderful job at making this edition approachable while sticking close to the source material. Her dedication to keeping the work in verse as was its original and keeping the work contained to the same line count is obvious by the sheer number of notes, pages of introduction, and maps.
I’m very happy to have read this and while I haven’t yet finished all of the introduction I do plan on doing so shortly. A solid story and a true feat in translation across history and time.
The story is repetitive and rather slow; however, when you remember that it was told over a long course of time (rather than the week I spent on it) the repetition is forgivable. The translator did a wonderful job at making this edition approachable while sticking close to the source material. Her dedication to keeping the work in verse as was its original and keeping the work contained to the same line count is obvious by the sheer number of notes, pages of introduction, and maps.
I’m very happy to have read this and while I haven’t yet finished all of the introduction I do plan on doing so shortly. A solid story and a true feat in translation across history and time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Murder
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wilson's words flew off the page. I loved how each character was defined and redefined.
in school textbooks, they always present a censored version of the original. do they know they are skipping literally the best parts? i think they do.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
There’s a lot of names (many of which sounding similar to each other), it made things very hard to keep track of towards the end. Plus, the ending books were dragging on a bit. But overall, I really enjoyed the story, the journey, and it’s not hard to see why Homer’s epic was an inspiration for many other great literary journeys that came after it! Definitely an epic poem everyone should read at least once in their lives!
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great compelling translation of Homer, very engaging, but oral tradition means there are lots of stories within the main narrative that hint at other legends and then don't go anywhere
I enjoy the story but I prefer “Epic: the musical” more. I felt this distance between myself the reader and Odysseus. I feel like the story was more focused on Telemachus
Yeah so… I really have no excuse to keep procrastinating Ulysses anymore. RIP