The Odyssey Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Homer
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
1,334

The Odyssey by Homer Book Summary

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Homer’s eighth-century epic poem is a companion to The Iliad. It tells the story of Odysseus, who journeys by ship for 10 years after the Trojan War, trying to make his way back home to Ithaca. Homer’s work was intended to be performed out loud, so it’s a masterful example of poetic meter and rhythm. But above all, ;The Odyssey is a story of adventure-and true love.

Odysseus has been gone for 20 years, and he longs to reclaim his role as king and reunite with his beloved, faithful Queen Penelope. During his absence, hundreds of suitors have eaten his food, lived in his home, and even plotted to kill his son. But before he can confront his enemies at home, Odysseus must fight a cyclops, escape after being imprisoned by a lovesick nymph, and confront the twin terrors of Scylla and Charybdis. As if that wasn’t enough, the gods take their grudges out on him, adding obstacles to suit their whims. Will Odysseus ever get home? And what will he find once he does? Within the pages of this ancient Greek classic are the origins for many of the myths we’re familiar with today. Pick up a copy and meet Odysseus, Homer’s timeless hero.

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Book Name The Odyssey
Genre Poetry
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 451.81 KB

The Odyssey (Homer) Book Reviews 2024

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Meh. Not funny

Amazing. I read the whole book in 3 days I did not put my book down!

School. I had to red it for school in6th grade

It was fantastic!. This book is the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. The grammar was horrible. I had hard time seeing the words because they were so tiny. I suggest you or your child ( if you have one) to not read this book. jk jk, this was a great book! Great job author!

Great. Tell the true it is a great book

Ok... I love this book and am sick of people saying its boring, however I did not enjoy the translation or the commentary.

Cool but long. I loved it it's great for ages 12 and up only thing is that the intro is more than 100 pages and it's too long otherwise it's a great book! 

amazing!. i was unaware there was a 1000 page version of this i have only read the 300 page version, about a thousand times!

Okay. This is better translated by Robert fagles

:). I have read The Odyssey many times and love it. I have found that the people around me who consider it boring generally do poorly when it comes to foreign languages, any advanced literature and some anthropology.

I Don’t Understand All The Hype. Read this and Homer’s other poem (Iliad) during a classical lit & thought class…I literally don’t understand why this book is a “classic” and one that’s used in our education system..it’s torturous to read and so drawn out. I feel sorry for any student who is forced to read this. This would’ve been better if it was redone as a picture book..”additionally, omitting the unnecessary vernacular from the original context to simplify it and reduce the complexity; and, ultimately decrease the overall quantity of characters written..” <— (do you get my point now? HA!) Literally the entire ‘poem’ …what could be said in 7 words instead takes 25 😑

It's alright.. I enjoyed reading this book. But I prefer the translation by Robert Fagels.

Love it!!!. I love this book I've read it over and over and loved ever word.

Good book. Good book

LOL. I love how with this book In particular, people want to pat themselves on the back for how fast they read it or how young they are/were when they read it.

What?!. Who translated this! I need the Stanley lombardo translation!

What the DUECE. This book sucked. I had to read it for 9th grade. Who the heck likes Mythology? Weirdos.

Eh not great. Boo boo

Loved it. Amazing book i loved it & I'm 6th grade

Awesome. I'm in 7th grade and when I was in 5th they took me to a field trip to watch the odyssey as a musical it was awesome so I got thr book and said this is great! It gave me a little more details

Great if read once. I've read the Odyssey 3 times (2 times for school) and I'm not even 17. In my opinion, only read it once and you'll be okay. Also don't get this free one, buy a real version without commentary.

The Odyssey is amazing!. I analyzed this iconic epic in my English class, and I thought it was absolutely amazing!

Love it. Best Greek myth book ever. I also recommend Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan.

Pathetic.. Watered down beyond recognition, and why does it rhyme? Doesn't deserve to exist lol

Odyssey. It was OK. I disliked all that poetry though. Otherwise, not terrible.

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍. I love this book. I’ve read 12 pages so far.

Great!!!'. GreAt book!! I read the whole thing and it's great!!!! GUESS what!, I'm ONLy 10!!!!! And it's a little more than 1,000 pages !!!!

Very nice and very nice. I’m going to have a good

4/5. This is a sequal to the Iliad and follows Odysseus as he travels from Troy. After being gone he is assumed dead and his family will have to fight their own battles. Odysseus on his travels home will test the Greek Gods and himself on his journey to his home, Ithica. This book is good for following the Iliad, but dissapoints with how slowly the book starts. Over all, I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Homer.

The odyssey. I really didn't like this book at all, i thought it was terrible.

Hey. I love the odyssey!

The best of Homer's Epic Poems. A very good read for those literate enough to decipher different dialects and formats of writing. 5 out of 5 for sure.

bad.. Odysseus is a liar. He lies to his wife, he lies constantly. he is weak and a coward. stinky ugly bastard man.

Classic. Excelent

Amazing. This was a poem!!!! It was so amazingly written that I thought it was a normal story that just rhymes

Awesome. Happyhappyhappyhappyhappy

Classic. Didnt know the whole thing was a poem

Use SparkNotes to Enjoy. I'm glad I read it, but don't be fooled that you can read this translation without some type of Spark/CliffNotes.

Good book. Interesting read

Boring. I had to read this book for high school and college and it sucked

Great book. I love to read and this was just another one of those books I'll reminisce about forever. Highly recommend.

Great Book!!!. This book Is a very good book that takes you on a journey that will blow you mind. Anyone who underscore this rating is uneducated and prudent. However I am still reading this awesome book. It wows me every time I read on!

Torture. I had to read this over the summer for school and it was absolute torture! I couldn't wait to get to the end! Absolutely hated it. I don't even know how people say they "enjoy" it.

Boring. This book is boring

Great read. Was interesting and entertaining

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The Odyssey had its Purpose. The Odyssey had its purpose.

Good but old.  obviously it’s old but they could of made it a bit more modern and less poetry . Otherwise great.

The Odyssey. looks like an original version, but in English! Useful introduction at the start for a novice. Chapter introductions also useful. This is a hard read and the use of words takes a bit of getting used to. Seems to lose itself in places, other bits easy to follow. A list of "who's who" would be handy, it would be a long list but for a non-expert sometimes it's hard to know who someone is and in the text who is actually "speaking". Stick with it and you will make it! Would make a good film - particularly some bits of it.

Brilliant .... But. How to review The Odyssey without sounding like the most presumptuous twerp? Let's have a go. Actually I'm not reviewing The Odyssey. I'm reviewing this ebook. Firstly it's free, which is a big plus to a Yorkshireman. Secondly it looks great on the iPad and is easy to access via the Apple reader. There are no negatives, hence the five stars, however I do have some advice. As you may know most free ebooks are long out of copyright and can be reproduced freely. Many are classics of world literature and free access for all is a great and noble project. However if you sensed a 'but' coming you were right. When we read classics of English Lierature in ebook form the only issue is whether the interface is any good. There are lots of various readers available and you probably have your favourite. So far so good. My advice concerns the literature of the classical period. Most of us don't read ancient Greek or Latin, me included, so we must rely on others to translate for us. As the translation must be old enough to be out of copyright this means that many date back to the Victorian / Edwardian period and even earlier. This means that we must come to Homer via the perspective of an earlier time and it is their reading of him with which we are presented. Many of these translations are wonderful and capture some of the brilliance of Homer as an epic poet. This version is that of Alexander Pope, one of our greatest writers. It is a work of sheer brilliance and beauty. It's also quite difficult to follow for anyone new to Homer and the classical world. Homer was a poet. Pope's translation attempts to capture the structure and more importantly the rhythm of the original. I maintain that for all it's beauty this is not the best introduction to the work. It would be a shame if a reader were put off finding out more about classical literature by starting with this translation. There are modern translations that read more like a novel and are much easier for those new to the material. Unfortunately you'll have to pay for them. Once you've read a modern version come back to Alexander Pope. You'll enjoy him all the more.

Good. I really like this book

Good. Kinna good

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Mind Boggles. So, you get a free book... a classic, and your 'review' is that the pictures aren't good enough. You may want to go the Dr Suess section.

I know it's a classic but.... The pictures were rubbish.

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The The Odyssey book written by Homer was published on 01 April 2010, Thursday in the Poetry category. A total of 1,334 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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