Comments on: Review: The Persian Boy, Mary Renault https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/ before I read the middle Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16310 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:38:27 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16310 In reply to Gin Jenny.

I’m about to cave and buy The Persian Boy and The Charioteer in ebook format, but I sort of hate to because I have the feeling I’m going to love everything by Mary Renault and I’m going to want nice papery touchable copies for stacking on shelves.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16305 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:36:05 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16305 In reply to Jenny.

Yes yes yes! Abandon it in favor of this. I like The King Must Die just fine, but The Persian Boy is better.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16302 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:47:51 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16302 I am still trying to locate my copy of The King Must Die for Mary Renault Week, but now I’m awfully tempted to abandon it in favor of this.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16281 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:54:31 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16281 In reply to Jo Walton.

I know I’m not the only one who loves it! It just sometimes feels a little bit that way.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16280 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:54:08 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16280 In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy).

Oh dear. I misrepresented your position. I am the worst.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16279 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:53:21 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16279 In reply to Andi (@estellasrevenge).

YES you do. Much much better than Song of Achilles.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16278 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:52:56 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16278 In reply to Charlie.

Yes, you definitely get a history lesson! I’m never able to remember the difference between all the various battles, still.

]]> By: Gin Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16277 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:40:21 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16277 In reply to Jeanne.

I’m glad you’re enjoying it! It is excellent.

]]> By: Jo Walton https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16274 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:36:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16274 You’re not the only one who loves _The Charioteer._ I look forward to your post about it.

]]> By: NWK (@MumsyNancy) https://readingtheend.com/2013/09/23/review-the-persian-boy-mary-renault/#comment-16273 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:17:50 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4846#comment-16273 Oh, how I love The Persian Boy. But I think my argument on behalf of Bagoas did not come out right: what I was really intrigued by was the fact that NO one of Alexander’s time would have been his equal. So it was fascinating to me to read this love story from the point of view of a man who recognizes that his love can never be returned on the terms by which it is given. Alexander will never adore Bagoas in the way that Bagoas adores Alexander because Alexander is a phenomenon, a creature that occurs once, perhaps, in a millennium. And, you know, you rarely see that kind of a story attempted.

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