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| Troy | 
 enlarge | Author: Adele Geras
Publisher: Point
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 133109
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0439950953
EAN: 9780439950954
ASIN: 0439950953
Publication Date: August 7, 2006
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 Not Pleased May 27, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I 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.
 Troy with a difference October 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This 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 reader long after they have closed the book. A job very well done.
 a good effort July 6, 2007
but 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 I'll go out of my way to read 'Ithaka'...
A great read! June 30, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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!
Good read but undeniably for teenagers only January 7, 2007
I 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.
Having said that, I did enjoy the book, but found it often less emotional that I expected. Andromache's response to the death of Hector is done very well but then the tone falls away.
Overall I would recommend this to young teenagers who would benefit from being introduced to this story, but there really is no comparison with reading Homer.
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