The Trojan Horse: The Fall of Troy [A Greek Myth] by Justine Korman Fontes

The Trojan Horse: The Fall of Troy [A Greek Myth] Reviews

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  Julie Da Silva

  Risking your life for love, is that a good thing ? This is a common theme with '' Trojan Horse '' because is about love and war. It’s a graphic myth and legend called ‘’ The Trojan Horse: The Fall of Troy ‘’ and written by Justine Fontes. The story takes place in Troy and lasts for ten years. There are main characters who are Paris, Helen, the King Menelaus and the Greek gods who play a main rule in the conflict and progress of the story.
  The conflict starts when goddesses ask Paris who is the most beautiful. Each promise one thing at Paris if he chooses her. Aphrodite promise to present him a beautiful woman, Aphrodite win. Paris meets the woman, Helen. He wants to get married with her but she already got married with the Greek King. But, The Greek King doesn’t like this situation and enters in war with the Trojans. The war lasts ten years. The Greeks build a wooden horse and the Trojans think that it’s a gift of the goddess Athena. It’s the most exciting moment of the story. But in reality, Greeks are hiding inside and when the night comes, they attack the city of Troy. But who will win ?
  The story teaches us about the importance of defend your team during war to help a love person.
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  Fiona

  " The Trojan's Horse"
  What would you do to hear someone saying you are more beautiful than two other goddesses ? Well, in the the graphic novel “The Trojan’s Horse”, written by Justin and Ron Fontes, the goddess Aphrodite decides to promise Paris the most beautiful women, Helen, to get the Golden Apple. But she doesn’t tell him that she is already married to the Greeks' king, King Menelaus. The problems start when Paris kidnaps Helen because of Aphrodite’s promise. A war starts between the Trojans and the Greeks, who want their Queen Helen back. The war continues 10 years before the Greeks decide to trick the Trojans and build a wooden horse with soldiers inside. But who will finally win the war? This is a story about conflict and war, that teaches us about the importance of the persons we love.
  
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  Lindsey V

  While the illustration in this book was fairly good, the dialogue was pretty plain. There was a lot of telling versus showing. If it hadn’t have been a read for my push to finish my 2020 reading challenge, I would regret reading it. One saving point: I learned more about the context of the Trojan horse story.
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  Robert Ellington

  Interesting to learn more about Cassandra in this book.
  
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  F

  These graphic novels remind me of the Classics Illustrated of my childhood. Good introduction to a classic story.
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  StrictlySequential

  Tried to be too funny throughout with dorky comic relief that made the story too whimsical.
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  Kara

  
  A very good retelling of the Fall of Troy, both as a complete story, while also showing how it is part of many other and larger stories.
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  Angie

  Synopsis: "For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece's best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus's beautiful wife, Helen. After a decade of fighting and thousands dead, the Greek forces suddenly fell back. Cautiously the Trojans ventured out of the city walls, where they discovered a giant wooden horse and a messenger. Should they accept this peace offering? Or is the gift horse too good to be true?"
  
  My Review: I really enjoyed this graphic novel though the Trojan Horse was only a portion of it. It was a great overview of the Trojan War, though brief, from beginning to end. The artwork was great and suited the subject matter. All in all it was a great, and as said brief, overview of the war itself with some extra focus and the end result with the Trojan Horse.
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  Hamster

  After reading this I realized why know one really knows much about the story of Troy. The whole thing STINKS. Okay, so it's mildly interesting, but there is no clear good guy or bad guy, lots of people die for no very good reason, weird stuff happens that doesn't make much sense. I guess this could be an illustration of the stupidity of war. This comic is a little graphic for young readers.
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  Tony Keefer

  Part of a collection of Mythology Graphic Novels I picked up for my classroom. Good for helping to build background knowledge but not necessarily great. Kids will devour these.
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  JJ

  It's about the trojan war