I never realized how absolutely ridiculous this book was.

When I was in middle school, we had a Greek Mythology section in our Language Arts class, and a SparkNotes version of The Iliad was included in that section. So I already knew what happened overall, but having finally read it 15 years after first learning about it, I feel robbed. 12-year-old me would have loved this just as much, if not more, than 27-year-old me does.

I mean, really. They were stoning each other. They were monologuing in the middle of a battlefield after every kill. There was diving jokes?? Someone ate cow shit.

I've been psyching myself out over reading this book for the last 5 years and I'm so glad I finally read it because I had a great time.