The Wolf in the Whale

It's been well over two decades since I read the Odyssey, but this reminded me of the grand epic feel of Homer's work and I absolutely loved that. It was brilliant to me for so many reasons, but I was particularly in awe of the blending of three different mythologies/religions. And just wow, it turned into quite a ride. Single-POVs usually aren't my favorites and it did take me a minute to be enraptured by the tale, but what a frikken tale it turned out to be. As for content warnings if you pay attention, on-page rape does happen and is revisited and slavery is shown as well. To the former, it was definitely not there randomly to “villianize” someone, it was more of an exploration of harm, grief and processing on an individual level and social commentary on complacency of harm as well. Overall, this seems to be an underrated book and I highly recommend.