The Persian Boy by Mary Renault Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Persian Boy
Book Review: Wow! that was a first class trip to Alexander's World.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been in love with History since I read my first history book, Alexander is one of my favorite characters, and thanks to "The Persian Boy" I get a glimpse to that man's life, the world that he conquered, and the people that lived in it most complete that trought sole anecdots in a history book. This has been one of those rare books that I force myself not to finish in one read, I feel grieve knowing that this book has an end that I didn't want to read, but I read it, and I'm glad, at least in the fiction of the book, that begoas was there.Book Review: an amazing and moving book
Summary: 5 Stars
When i first read The Persian Boy it was reccomended by a friend and without an idea about Alexanders life or that time in history i doubted that i would like it. Let me say though that this book is amazing!!! i can not say enough about how beautiful and real the story felt and how wonderful it was to read. I have read it 4 times in the last year and am currently reading Fire From Heaven because i hadn't known it was part of a series until a short while ago. Read this book and reccomend it to as many people as you can because it makes you LOVE these characters and has started for me a love affair with stories of Alexander the Great and his life. Mary Renault was an amazing writer who truely captured these characters whether they be real or imagined and kept the story alive even after all these years.Book Review: can't put it down!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for an exciting story, you can't go wrong with Alexander biographies and stories. Whether he is portrayed evil or good, his life was full of energy and events that simply amaze you. But of all the books I've read about him, this book is the one that captured my mind the most.First, she starts out with Bagoas's boyhood. Doing so she is successful in educating her reader about Persian people and their culture/customs, the environment and the way it was back then, to prepare us for deeper understanding of the future events. The first one-third of the book is about Bagoas's boyhood, mostly about his court life, which tells what had happened inside the Persian Empire before Alexander actually came into scene. This is a very smart start, because by the time Darius was killed, and his murderer Bessus was arrested by Alexander and executed, with nose and ears cut off, the reader is well prepared to understand why it had to be done that way. She also explains well the reason why Alexander became so Persianized, which created resentments and mutinies and lots of problems. Mary Renaults does the best job in making the reader understand this crucial point which cast shadow over him until he died.
As for homosexuality and the love scenes, it is not as disturbing, since it is not graphic at all. Transparent, clean, and good taste.
She also brings other characters to life. All that she mentions by their names, the reader will know what kind of person he/she was. Whether her portrayal of Alexander and the way she used the well-known events to develop the characters and story are factual or not, she will convince you effortlessly. Remarkable work, well-studied, well-reasoned, well-developed. You will not be able to put it down once you open the first page.
Book Review: my favorite love story
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this in high school. I just read it again after 30 some years and it stands the test of time and aging. I just want them to go on loving each other forever.Book Review: my least favorite
Summary: 3 Stars
Among all the Renault's books, The Persian Boy is my least favorite. I don't know why Renault had put Bagoas in such an important position, which seems to me, belonged to Hephaistion. Moreover, such a perspective of a favorite eunuch narrowed the depiction of Alexander the Great. In this book we see much about how Alexander behaved in chamber, but lost more about how he fighted in battles, how he made decisions with his generals, as well as how he fulfilled his ambitions step by step. In my opinion, it might have been better if Renault had chosen Hephaistion as the focus of this book.
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