A review by preciousmist
Odisseia by Homer, Frederico Lourenço

adventurous medium-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

3.5

As a functional member of society with half a modicum of sense: Timeless and endlessly important book, that truly makes you realise the enormity of the inheritance of Ancient Greek in many works that came after. The fascination with Greek myth is forever something we can relate to, and I am glad that we have access still to these texts, so ancient that they were - perhaps a god interceded in their preservation.

As a reader who is a huge hater: Odysseus is a cunt, this has way too much sexism for me to interact with it confortably, seems rushed at times, Odysseus is an asshat, Chapter 24 is one of the most dissapointing endings ever, Telemachus is also a cunt, Penelope should have been given a gun AND JUSTICE FOR HELEN SHE DID NOTHING WRONG. ALSO ODYSSEUS IS A FUCKING WET TWAT.
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