Reviews

The Siege of Troy by Theodor Kallifatides

tanel's review against another edition

1.0

Tuntud teksti ümberjutustus, (algtekst on) täis patriarhaalse kultuuri verist sousti: loomade ohverdamine, lihasöömine, loomade ja inimeste orjastamine, naiste kohtlemine asjadena, röövimine ja vägistamine.

Vägivallaorgia, mis on umbes sama sügavamõtteline nagu "Sõrmuste isand".

Kui midagi kõrva taha panna, siis ehk algteksti tõdemus, et ei ole kurvemat vaatepilti, kui koerad, kes jooksevad ringi, hallipäise vanamehe kehaosa(d) hambus.

nqemalli's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

clarawithc's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

In all honesty, I would only have the story about the village and the main characters. I found that the most intresting. Not the actual war of Troy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault

heypax's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

4.0

fridabratthall's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

jhoffmann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nampahceitac's review

4.0

I could say that I liked the story (I did) and think the integration of the characters and their story and the retelling is brilliant (it is) or that it sells out in my bookstore whenever its here because it's the first one I go to when people ask for recommendations (it does) but I'm just gonna say

yessssssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS