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A review by tea_on_books
Troy by Stephen Fry
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The first 50 pages of the book could be a bit slow as it goes into the whole genealogy of the main characters. This is important to get an in-depth understanding of the characters such as Helen, Achilles, Hector and the motives that drove them to the great war. It surely gets better if you stick around. The author adds a bit of wry humour to the narration without taking any sides or having any bias towards any characters.
I wish we had this book recommended as a read in college to study. Even thousands of years later, the story of Troy resonates even today. For a book that falls into non-fiction historical category, this turned out to be quite a page turner. But then one can’t expect anything less from a story such as Troy.
I was also watching the BBC- Netflix series Troy- the fall of a city while reading this. It just added to the whole experience.
I wish we had this book recommended as a read in college to study. Even thousands of years later, the story of Troy resonates even today. For a book that falls into non-fiction historical category, this turned out to be quite a page turner. But then one can’t expect anything less from a story such as Troy.
I was also watching the BBC- Netflix series Troy- the fall of a city while reading this. It just added to the whole experience.