4.35 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
adventurous emotional relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A great novel for fans of the Iliad, but also the Iliad contains major spoilers. it's nice reading reworkings of classical fiction that acknowledge queer existence, however some of the characterisation was quite frustrating and at times quite shallow.

Hmm. The second half of the book was redeeming but felt slow. The characters didn't feel like they had full personalities and whenever there was a hint of one, it was brief. I am surprised how highly recommended this book is. There was certainly a lot of potential there but I was never that enthralled or excited to keep reading. It felt... bland.

Not a book I wanted to finish reading.
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix