I quite enjoyed this. The art continues to be a highlight for me, but if you didn't get on with it in the first volume, you won't like it any better iI quite enjoyed this. The art continues to be a highlight for me, but if you didn't get on with it in the first volume, you won't like it any better in the second.
While the plot of the first volume focused more on the "war" between the two towns, this volume switches to focusing on the unsolved murder of a teacher years before. I think it works better overall and plays to Matt Kindt's strengths as a storyteller more effectively.
The main failing of this series so far is the world-building. Outside of some heavy-handed "racism is bad" moments with one of the characters, there's no real reason given as to why these people, who have nothing in common, all want to live in a weird commune where an unelected trio of brothers rule. The sheriff of the neighbouring town is a POS, but so are a lot of the people in Grass Kingdom. But if you can take your brain out and enjoy it for what it is, it's not bad....more
I find it difficult to rate classics at the best of times, let alone a classic that is nearly three thousand years old.
Did I enjoy this? I enjoyed somI find it difficult to rate classics at the best of times, let alone a classic that is nearly three thousand years old.
Did I enjoy this? I enjoyed some of the prose. I don't speak ancient Greek, so I can't speak to the accuracy of Emily Wilson's translation, but it was incredibly accessible for my non-academic, dyslexic self. And there were some beautiful turns of phrase.
I hadn't realised before now just how little of what we know as the story of Troy actually appears in The Iliad. Turns out it's actually The Aeneid that we have to thank for the Trojan Horse.
Overall, I feel like I got more from the introduction than from the text itself. But I'm glad I read it, and I'll be picking up more millennia-old classics going forward....more
An Omegaverse retelling of the main book. And probably one of the better Omegaverse original fictions I've read (the fact that there IS Omegaverse oriAn Omegaverse retelling of the main book. And probably one of the better Omegaverse original fictions I've read (the fact that there IS Omegaverse original fiction is still mind boggling to me).
Not as good as the main book, but then it's not really supposed to be. Still very enjoyable. ...more
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