《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-8-An exciting text in large print and action-packed illustrations create an accessible version of a classic tale. Mixed in with the fast-paced, colloquial language are bits of formalized archaic phrasing that enhance the ancient setting. However, the illustrations, though colorful and well placed on the page, do not always represent the text. For example, though given a "sword hilt to bite on" while Patroclus removes a three-barbed arrow from his leg, Eurypylus is depicted sitting with his jaw clenched-on nothing. McCarty's fresh retelling will especially appeal to readers reluctant to pick up more formal retellings such as Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships before Troy (Delacorte, 1993), and who enjoyed Marcia Williams's irreverent comic-strip retellings in The Iliad and the Odyssey (Candlewick, 1996).-Nancy Call, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Aptos, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.