Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Odyssey by Homer

18 reviews

pam_simpson06's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Grief

bitter_critter's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

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Emily Wilson made a story I've tried and failed to read again and again genuinely enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief, War

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

conspystery's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 “Tell me about a complicated man.” 

Understatement of the century (centuries?), and goodness gracious, is it a great one. I don’t know what I can say about this translation that hasn’t been better said elsewhere, so I’ll stick with this: Wilson’s writing is incredible, and I think the feeling it evokes while reading it is probably similar to that of the experience of hearing The Odyssey performed, as it would have been in its original language, hundreds of years ago. The meter is especially impressive. Overall, though, my favorite aspect of this translation is how it maintains its complexity while still being completely accessible to the average reader. I got this from the library, but the first line was enough to convince me to buy my own copy. It’s genuinely exceptional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, War

I mean, it's The Odyssey. It gets pretty rough at points.

mxpringle's review against another edition

2.5

informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found this interesting to analyze because of the ways that rhetoric is used to have a more powerful analysis of what it means to share stories through poetry. I appreciated having read this because it's a classic that is referenced so often in other works. However, it is relatively boring and dense for the things that happen within the poem, and the characters are incredibly unlikeable. If you're interested in Greek mythology for the plot, this may not be what you're interested in, but it can be more enjoyable in more of an academic setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Slavery, Death of parent

tamara_joy's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging sad tense slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

overdramaticsoprano's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Slavery, Torture, Death of parent, War

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping

madmilliner's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Its a good story, but, there are SO MANY REPETITIVE WORDS (yes, I know it's an "Epic poem") but, good grief! It's a plethora  of redundancy, for a story that I personally would have enjoyed; in a more stripped down, less poetic telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail