Overall, the story seems to be getting better, but I don't like it that much. It seems to come in waves for which parts I like- I'll like the first part of this chapter, but not the last part, or the first part of the nest section, and so on.
I find that reading about the gods is starting to get annoying, both becuase I don't really know who they are, and because I don't worship them, and the people in this novel do. I also dislike the gods because there have been a few instances where one part of the book will say something, and then a different part will something completely different about the same god or subject.
Why is Neptune annoyed with Ulysses? I still don't get that (but then, I don't get how the people can have such firm belief in such interesting figures.)
I have found that taking notes and certain parts of active reading make absorbing the story more difficult. I am quite tired of many aspects of reading The Odyssey right now but maybe I'll start enjoying it more next week.
I totally agree with the whole contradicting thing. Like first at the very beginning of the story Zeus (Jove) is all, "Yes, let's help Ulysses." Then later with Neptune he's all, "Let's bash Ulysses against a rock!"
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