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ogreart's review against another edition
3.0
I was a little bit disappointed that this volume was in black and white. The first two volumes were full color and I thought that added to the experience.
jhouses's review against another edition
3.0
Tercer tomazo y aún no se han acercado a Troya los aqueos. Sigue todo lo bueno pero el peso de la mitología abruma la historia y la ahoga. Episodios "menores" se extienden por el comic acaparando protagonismo y restándole a la épica.
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Kind of a dip from the second volume, Sacrifice, but only because that one was so amazing it would be hard to top. Still an incredibly intricate and deep retelling of the Iliad. By the end of Betrayal, the war *still* hasn't started yet, but hopefully we're getting close. (I'm actually starting to wonder if Shanower is going to put us through the literary equivalent of 9 years waiting... but I for one am excited to see what he can do with that.)
lyrafay12's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.25
mbondlamberty's review against another edition
4.0
I have read the Iliad before and I feel I learned something from this telling. Possibly other things just didn't stick with me, but this time they did.
I didn't always appreciate how women were depicted, but then Homer didn't do a great job either/
Very fast read and quite enjoyable.
I didn't always appreciate how women were depicted, but then Homer didn't do a great job either/
Very fast read and quite enjoyable.
misssusan's review against another edition
3.0
do you know what would be great?
what if some person went and gathered all the mythology of the trojan war
combed through the various and contradictory versions, picked their favourite and mixed them together until it made a coherent narrative
and then said holy shit, these men are terrible! LET'S WRITE A SERIES ABOUT THE WOMEN
just sit with me and imagine for a minute. think about a series about the women of the trojan war. think about the fact that it'd be trodding pretty fresh ground -- the western world hasn't shut up about achilles and odysseus and hector for like hundreds of years -- and about the fact that you wouldn't be exasperated with 80% of the cast for being wasteboys. think about the fact that helen's viewpoint could be fascinating if truly explored - i don't particularly care whether you go with the goddess cursed to love paris interpretation or not because either way you have to wonder at how and why she would make the choice to go with paris, and how she lives with being made the figurehead of the war. think about the opportunity to check back in at ithaka every now and then to see penelope using all her wits to avoid being pressed into a second marriage she doesn't want. think about andromache and how she feels marrying into a city on the brink of war and the fact that her and hector's love story is both epic and highly underexplored
just imagine
3 stars
what if some person went and gathered all the mythology of the trojan war
combed through the various and contradictory versions, picked their favourite and mixed them together until it made a coherent narrative
and then said holy shit, these men are terrible! LET'S WRITE A SERIES ABOUT THE WOMEN
just sit with me and imagine for a minute. think about a series about the women of the trojan war. think about the fact that it'd be trodding pretty fresh ground -- the western world hasn't shut up about achilles and odysseus and hector for like hundreds of years -- and about the fact that you wouldn't be exasperated with 80% of the cast for being wasteboys. think about the fact that helen's viewpoint could be fascinating if truly explored - i don't particularly care whether you go with the goddess cursed to love paris interpretation or not because either way you have to wonder at how and why she would make the choice to go with paris, and how she lives with being made the figurehead of the war. think about the opportunity to check back in at ithaka every now and then to see penelope using all her wits to avoid being pressed into a second marriage she doesn't want. think about andromache and how she feels marrying into a city on the brink of war and the fact that her and hector's love story is both epic and highly underexplored
just imagine
3 stars
rahulporuri's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
luana420's review against another edition
5.0
Shanower is really building towards an all-timer of the medium here. Combining sources from across centuries, he deftly maneuvers between inexorable tragedy (Odysseus realizing Hektor is a decent guy) and sometimes actual laugh-out-loud comedy (Philoctetes' curse).
Can't wait to be one of the people stuck in release limbo once I've read all the collections!
Can't wait to be one of the people stuck in release limbo once I've read all the collections!
maria_zoulia's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
maria_zoulia's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Oh, boy! This volume was a huge rollercoaster in comparison to the others. Enjoyable as always, with great and detailed art, full of historical accurancy and a huge cast of interesting and dinstictive characters, some respectable (ex. Odysseus , Hector ) and some hateable ( PARIS ).
Here's a list of all my impressions:
1) ACHILLES, as a said in my previous review , Achilles, a hero that I was never fond of, earned my respect in Sacrifice. In this one, however, he lost a great deal of it for various reason, the first one being that (view spoiler).
The second being when he found out that he wasn't invited to a feast and he whined about (though I understand him in this case, the guy literally risked his LIFE fighting that day and he gets nothing!).
2) PARIS, I LITERALLY HATE PARIS! HE'S COWARD, ANNOYING AND STUPID! A moment that triggered me was in Priam's hall, when Menelaus was arguing and he was trying to recover his wife, Helen, Pariss, who knew that Helen would choose to stay with him, had a smug look on his face that MADE ME IRK! I wanted to enter the story AND SLAP IT OUT OF HIM!!! .
I seriously wonder what does Helen sees in him. Anyway, moving on to something more positive...
3) AKAMAS, ok I admit, I merely mention him 'cause he's so damn hot!!!
And Laodike thinks the same, although her behavior towards him was straight up creepy!
The battle begins in the next volume! Stay tuned! We will enter the most interesting part of the series now!
Here's a list of all my impressions:
1) ACHILLES, as a said in my previous review , Achilles, a hero that I was never fond of, earned my respect in Sacrifice. In this one, however, he lost a great deal of it for various reason, the first one being that (view spoiler).
The second being when he found out that he wasn't invited to a feast and he whined about (though I understand him in this case, the guy literally risked his LIFE fighting that day and he gets nothing!).
2) PARIS, I LITERALLY HATE PARIS! HE'S COWARD, ANNOYING AND STUPID! A moment that triggered me was in Priam's hall, when Menelaus was arguing and he was trying to recover his wife, Helen, Pariss, who knew that Helen would choose to stay with him, had a smug look on his face that MADE ME IRK! I wanted to enter the story AND SLAP IT OUT OF HIM!!! .
I seriously wonder what does Helen sees in him. Anyway, moving on to something more positive...
3) AKAMAS, ok I admit, I merely mention him 'cause he's so damn hot!!!
And Laodike thinks the same, although her behavior towards him was straight up creepy!
The battle begins in the next volume! Stay tuned! We will enter the most interesting part of the series now!