7.42k reviews for:

The Odyssey

Homer

3.72 AVERAGE

pandaorb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content

fafagaha15's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chloeinthealps's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jessijulep's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hlynna's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging slow-paced

seedawson's review against another edition

3.0

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Wilson's translation is fantastic

lgaylord's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

ataristudies's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous 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: Complicated

mysticwrites's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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beautiful translation from emily wilson

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

following odysseus’ journey home after being isolated on an island with calypso for 20 years.

hillsh's review against another edition

4.0

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5/5 for the translation itself (emily wilson i love you), docked a point bc the story itself is not a a 5 star read for me personally. anyway, that rocked!! very enjoyable to read, and really appreciated the thought the book put into thinking about gender, class, and colonization of the story.