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A review by grauspitz
Age of Bronze, Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower
2.0
I don't think this series is for me. I expected something as epic as the Iliad and I found myself presented with a graphic novel that I felt was the opposite of what I expected.
Some perhaps might enjoy a more 'accurate' re-telling of the Trojan war, one filled with politics and a character driven plot in place of any divine intervention that was present in the Iliad. But I couldn't bring myself to like it, despite the fact that those sorts of things are what I normally enjoy.
It certainly didn't help that I didn't enjoy the art style either. Looking back on it, the only characters I could recognize immediately were Patroclus and Menelaus, purely because they were some of the only light-haired characters within the entire book. Everyone else unfortunately suffered from sameface, to the point where I struggled to remember who was speaking and who I should be picking out in a crowd.
As for positives? Like I said, some might enjoy the more 'authentic' re-telling that removes any divine presence. I say that and yet Thetis is still a daughter of the sea so perhaps not all of it was removed.
Would I recommend it? Not really no, not unless you enjoyed the 2004 movie Troy.
Some perhaps might enjoy a more 'accurate' re-telling of the Trojan war, one filled with politics and a character driven plot in place of any divine intervention that was present in the Iliad. But I couldn't bring myself to like it, despite the fact that those sorts of things are what I normally enjoy.
It certainly didn't help that I didn't enjoy the art style either. Looking back on it, the only characters I could recognize immediately were Patroclus and Menelaus, purely because they were some of the only light-haired characters within the entire book. Everyone else unfortunately suffered from sameface, to the point where I struggled to remember who was speaking and who I should be picking out in a crowd.
As for positives? Like I said, some might enjoy the more 'authentic' re-telling that removes any divine presence. I say that and yet Thetis is still a daughter of the sea so perhaps not all of it was removed.
Would I recommend it? Not really no, not unless you enjoyed the 2004 movie Troy.