multilingual_s 's review for:

Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry

5.0

adventurous challenging dark tense 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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Fry again does again a great job humanizing Greek mythology. When I read mythology before the behavior of the characters always seemed rather absurd and I had trouble connecting to them, but Fry really manages to construct a world in which all of it makes sense and the protagonists stand out as humans one can commiserate and identify with.