The Odyssey is a fairly interesting book, although some parts are a bit too rambly. I thought it was strange how people had favorite children. I guess that parents probably favor one child a bit more, but going straight out and saying "...was his favorite son..." seems odd. I have decided that I would never want to become immortal. Living to be very old would probably be okay, but being immortal means you would have to watch everyone around you die, as well as watching the whole world change around you. Sometimes when other people are in disguise, or people don't yet know their name, it is confusing to understand what the people know and what they don't. Ulysses thought he might have to deal with savages on the cyclopes' island, so why did he go in the first place? It was really gross when the story described the Cyclopes eating the men and when Ulysses was gouging his eye out. Yuck! I was thinking that the bowl Ulysses filled with wine to give to the Cyclopes must have been really big, considering the size difference between them. When Circe turned the men into pigs it reminded me of the movie Spirited Away, when the parents turn into pigs and are going to be slaughtered. I thought it was very rude of Ulysses to not even care when Elpenor died. I would have been very offended when I came back to him as a ghost. THE BOOK FINALLY USED A DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION FOR THE MORNING! I only wish it happened more often. The Sirens remind me of the Veelas in Harry Potter, although the Sirens are more extreme.
I enjoy reading The Odyssey once I get into it, but sometimes it cannot hold my attention.
Yes, it was amazing that they used a different description for morning. It was also way too rambly, and that made the next reading WAY better. Also, cool font!
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