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Pinta
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Love this. Bumblers into heroes arc, beautiful prose, beautifully paced. Set in Sicily during the Peloponnesian War, but laced with Irish jargon and a stripped-down setting of quarries & markets for a sense of timelessness near the “wine-dark” sea. Brutality & art. Preservation of culture. Entertaining the enemy. Funny & sentimental. Crazy premise (stage Medea with actors now prisoners of war) becomes a beautiful mediation on art & freedom. 2024

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brittanyreads
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julesG Nice! 😍 3w
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AnishaInkspill
Electra | Euripides
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Electra by Euripides is his version of the second part of Aeschylus‘s Oresteia. This not something I would read for leisure, it‘s not a fun read, and it‘s a slow burner. Just interesting to see Euripides‘s version of Electra.

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AnishaInkspill
Orestes | Euripides
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Pickpick

This is not a leisurely read, it‘s alarming, bloody, angry and very anti-women. Orestes by Euripides is hardly produced for the stage today but worth a read if, like me, you‘re trying to put all the pieces together that makes mythology.

#books #eBook #readaway2024 #2024reads #mythology #stageplay

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ravenlee
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Ruthiella Wow! 🤯 3mo
LeahBergen How cool!! 3mo
BookmarkTavern Wow! 🤩 3mo
GingerAntics That is so cool! 3mo
Chrissyreadit wow! and Happy Birthday!🎉 2mo
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readingjedi
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Mehso-so

It's won awards & everyone is raving about it - so it was fairly obvious I wouldn't rate it! (Seriously, why IS it always me?!) The Irish voice is irritating, a gratuitous gimmick for the sake of novelty, a cheap "unique selling point". Lampo is initially such an unpleasant character it's hard to warm to him during his redemption. I found the writing stodgy & the pace draggy. It wasn't as witty as it thought it was. It gets better at the end.

readingjedi A lot of people seem to regard it was a work of genius - was it really that good?! It was just OK for me! 3mo
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Leniverse
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This was a good balance of funny and horrific, the narrator Lampo both a tragic hero and a bumbling fool. The tone was perhaps a bit too modern, Lampo sounded like an Irishman, but in a way it added to the sense of theatre. (Who knows what a potter in ancient Syracuse sounded like anyway?) And fortunately it is not (post-post-post?) modern in its ending. On the contrary, the final sentence makes you nod in agreement, fully satisfied with the story

Caroline2 Whey!! Finally a decent ending eh!! 😂 ⭐️ 3mo
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Leniverse

Common sense is common, has no imagination, and it only works by precedent. It leaves the man who follows it poorer, if not in pocket, then in his heart. Fuck common sense.

LeeRHarry I‘ve heard such good things about this one! 😊 3mo
Leniverse @LeeRHarry I just finished it. I feel comfortable recommending it to pretty much anyone. While I don't think it will make my faves of the year list (if I make one), it was a strong 4⭐ read that I'm happy I picked up. 3mo
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readingjedi
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Getting stuck into this one. First few pages didn't hook me immediately, but I'm warming to it