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phoenix2's review against another edition
4.0
A classic comedy that makes you think, without being too tiring to read or too heavy on the message that it wants to get through.
aina4what's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
littletaiko's review against another edition
4.0
Read The Birds and The Frogs, two ancient Greek comedies by Aristophanes. Humor is definitely hard to carry over from one year to the next, much less thousands of years. However, overall I did find these to be somewhat funny, though I'm certain quite a bit went over my head. Fortunately, there were decent introductions to each play explaining what was happening and where some of the humor came from. The Birds resonated a bit more as involved a silly war and power struggles which are still happening today. The Frogs seemed to be poking fun at the gods and other Greek philosophers.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
4.0
Must have gotten a good translation on this because I enjoyed and understood the play much more then I thought I would.
bookshelvesandco's review against another edition
3.0
j’ai jamais fini mais j’ai regardé l’adaptation de Laurent Pelly et Agathe Mélinand donc je considère que je l’ai lu
provaprova's review against another edition
4.0
I was mildly surprised by how much funnier than expected it was. One doesn't expect such ancient contemporary humor to translate well.
emperor_e's review against another edition
I did not find it to be entertaining since it seems all the jokes were lost in translation