Martha

Of course it's the beautiful retelling of Achilles as a queer love story. Not a 5 star because the pace of the second half was a bit too slow and the violence is not for me but I do think it really evokes the violence of war effectively. 

Loved the quippy writing style that kept a reflective tone moving throughout. Clever time changes that were well used by the author. Really thought provoking for me, different subject matter than my usual reads. But missed opportunity with some characters being a bit one dimensional. 

Loved the history parts, learned a lot! Writing read YA, easy to read but not what I expected. 

Must listen to, wish I had read the afterword first. Beautiful meditation on historical trauma and resilience. Hard to follow a few of the transitions. 

During and after reading this book I don't quite know what to make of it. Parts made me lol at the dry absurdity. Other parts were too long on the insufferability of men in their early 20s. I started to hate how much of a limp character she was, it became unrelatable to me that she truly recognize no agency or control in her life. Perhaps that's the point.