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An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco
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For a retelling of Homer's The Iliad, this is bland and unimaginative, basically just a regurgitation of the same old, same old with no attempt to add creative twists or make the old story the author's new own. It's supposed to be a chorus story, told from various POVs, but all the POV characters read the same, men and women, young and old...
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Reading Progress

Started Reading
December 9, 2018 – Shelved
December 9, 2018 – Shelved as: fantasy
December 9, 2018 – Shelved as: ancient-greece
December 9, 2018 – Shelved as: myth-and-legend-retellings
December 9, 2018 – Shelved as: mythology-of-greece-and-rome
December 9, 2018 – Finished Reading
November 11, 2021 – Shelved as: have-reviewed

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