7.17k reviews for:

Odyssee

Homer

3.71 AVERAGE

yuya's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

ollie_nerium's review against another edition

5.0

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Gulliver's travels but Gulliver is on dark sweet wine given by Apollo’s priest, Maron the son of Euanthes, who lived inside the shady grove on Ismarus

uhlillie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

b_a_m00n's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous

victoria_mbk22's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Fun read. Crazy. Ancient storytelling structure. 

noolesmooles's review against another edition

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chondrus_crispus's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous

aazo's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katnivera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

agreatgabsy's review against another edition

4.5

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FINALLY finished it. I think this is an incredible translation of The Odyssey. I’m no expert, but I do think that being harshly pedantic about translations of these epic poems that came out of oral traditions is stupid! And a waste of time! We’ve never actually seen the original and we never will! I don’t see the point in being patronizing over something that has existed in maybe thousands of different versions, each one as valid as the next, because that is the spirit of oral storytelling. And this one captures that spirit and the story, characters, and meaning beautifully.