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Troy by: Adele Geras List Price: £5.99 City Travel Guides Price: £4.49 You Save: £1.50 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780439950954 ISBN: 0439950953 Label: Point Manufacturer: Point Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: August 07, 2006 Publisher: Point Studio: Point Sales Rank: 246162 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Not PleasedI had heard lots of good things about this book from both my friends and teachers at school. I decided to read it and after the first 3 chapters i was extremely bored. Unless you really understand the mythology behind this story it is very hard to follow. One of the worst books i have ever read. Very boring and hard to understand. Rating:  - Troy with a differenceThis is the story of Troy, but with a difference. All the well known and much loved characters are present, and the author's portrayals of Helen and Andromachy in particular are sensitive and well thought out. But the story is also told from the points of view of five innocent civilions living in the city, and the story of Troy is often told through their eyes. They are strong and deeply human characters, and the author sticks most faithfully to the story. All the characters, hero and civilion alike are at the mercy of the gods, and the story of the war is cleverly interwoven with the lives of the every day characters. The inevitable climax of the book is handled with skill and makes for a powerful and moving story that will haunt the ... Read More: Rating:  - a good effortbut rather typecasts all the more famous characters - andromache is a plain jane, cassandra a screaming savant, helen the usual bardot- esque pouting wench straight from a hollywood epic! Just once it would be great if writers remembered that Helen was 'of Sparta' before she was 'of Troy' - and Sparta was known for the tough athleticism of its women, not their ability to look decorative on the arm of a strong man! It's the made up characters that resonate here, not their historical counterparts because the historical characters are just one dimensional, whereas the fictional characters like Marpessa and Xanthe are able to act and move in a way not constrained by history. I didn't mind the story, it's reasonably well written but don't know if ... Read More: Rating: - A great read!I borrowed this book from a library because I love anything which has to do with Troy and I was hooked! It's a great story of love aginst the trojan backdrop. Mythology was given a new life, the way only Adele Geras can. I couldn't put this book down! Rating: - Good read but undeniably for teenagers onlyI had heard lots of good things about this book from adults as well as teenagers and so gave it a try: it is a well-written and slightly different take on the story of Troy, re-telling the stories of Homer and the Greek tragedians, but from the viewpoint of two Trojan serving girls (slaves?). The tale is pretty accurate, but it becomes a bit whimsical rather than tragic when, for example, the girls see the gods in the city. Yes, I know perfectly that Homer makes his gods tangible beings, but they never lose their dignity and awe (even when Hera seduces Zeus, for example) but the idea of Poseidon selling fish in the Trojan market, or Hephaistus taking over a Trojan forge to make Achilles' famous shield really didn't work for me. ... Read More: |
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