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hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Murder, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Animal death
Moderate: War and Sexual violence
therealslimkatie's review against another edition
- 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
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
mariakureads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Her use of modern language and choice of iambic pentameter for her translation felt new and contemporary and it was easier to read and visualize for me. This alone was a challenge as she managed to keep the same number of verses from the original Greek!
I never saw the big hero that others did in Odysseus, yes he had adventures and some were heroic indeed, but the man himself ...no I never truly saw it and in Wilson's translation I get some vindication as here we see a complicated man, an unreliable narrator to his own quests, a mischief maker, a doubter of his wife who he left alone for 20+ years while he himself is a huge flirt.
Wilson's translation is quite honestly a great read and a challenging one that makes you wonder about previous translations but even the violence is felt to be more violent and brutal and I can't tell if that's the modernized wording or if it was always there just worded differently so that it didn't come across as such.
All in all, I'm tempted to read Wilson's take on the Illiad.
Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal death, and Abandonment
seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, War, and Classism
mxpringle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Animal death, Classism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
kaitlyng's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Alcohol, and Cannibalism
tamara_joy's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Murder
breedawnwriter's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexism, Blood, Violence, Death, Misogyny, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Alcohol
Minor: Slavery
biab00's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
There were some parts that made me bored, but it wasn't to much to make me dnf it. Also this book is really violent and graphic and I did not expect that too wow.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol and Animal death
madmilliner's review against another edition
3.0
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