Lies We Sing to the Sea

Excuse me, but did the author actually admit to not reading the source material in its entirety?

Here's the actual quote from the author:

“I read a lot of the stories within The Odyssey, because they're in things like Percy Jackson, and those little books of mythology you get as a kid, but I actually started and finished writing without sitting down and reading the whole thing. I have various translations; there are parts that are very beautiful and readable, but it's so long, and written in a ‘prose-y' way that's kind of impenetrable” (read the whole interview here).

The Odyssey

Percy Jackson