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"Indeed this gentleman’s stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends, but renders him, by way of counterpoise, rather selfish and sensitive in respect of any that happen to befall himself." (Ch 74)

Dickens, this may not be your best novel but you're still killin it

Unknown Gentleman: "And how long hast thou been an idiot?"

Sounding rather Shakespearean there 😂😂😂

"Luck looked stung and slightly hurt"

Uhhh what in the redundancy is this my guys?? The prose is leaving a lot to be desired so far. Did this book not have an editor?

Joe! Joe, my man, my guy, I guarantee you joining the military is not the solution to your life problems!!!!

Egads, a reference to Gretna Green that ISN'T in a Georgette Heyer novel?!?!

*self pep talk* Time to lock in... You're so close to completing Dickens' entire œuvre (of novels anyway...)

Protagonist keeps making insane logical leaps :/ my patience is being stretched

Urk... The audiobook narrator's Evelyn voice is really annoying me. Sounds like a burbling middle aged lady rather than a twenty something

"I am a man who does not miss his shot" - the Aeneid, Book 9

Wondering if Hamilton ever read this one

Book 4: ...But There Was Only One Cave

I guess there really is nothing new under the sun. The Aeneid is basically fanfiction already and now we have romantic tropes to boot

Excuse me what is this Odysseus slander?

Book 3 is basically Odyssey self insert fanfiction

Arhys is sure taking this pretty calmly. I certainly wouldn't do the same

Ista coulda used a lil more tact breaking the news to him

This has been on my TBR for 7 years... I have really high hopes it better not let me down!!!

GODS ALL AROUND US I HAVE JUST FALLEN OFF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER

Imma need time to process this one

GODS ALL AROUND US I HAVE JUST FALLEN OFF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER

Imma need time to process this one

GEN YOU DID NOT JUST GO ON STRIKE

but of course he did.

"I had a cast of his statue made... This is not the cast."

GEN YOU LITTLE RAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL

I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT, I'M READING THE FINAL BOOK, THERE'S NO GOING BACK

I DON'T KNOW IF MY HEART CAN HANDLE THIS

The cold/heat chapter is killing me because it's all in Fahrenheit and frankly I have very little idea what these numbers mean. I thought the author was British; where's my beloved Celsius?!?

Already losing it at the fact that Athena is shocked at Telemachus being tall

Alas, Ody, your shortness is legendary

LET'S GOOOO

Ok my Odyssey knowledge base at this point is composed solely of EPIC and Percy Jackson, so I'm sure there'll be plenty of surprises for me

We're already starting off at a different place than I expected

"You will suffer no disgrace in dying to save your fatherland. In future times your wife and children will be safe"
Why am I cursed to be Team Trojan 😭😭
I mean Hector is just so much more sympathetic than Achilles, man just wants to protect his family meanwhile Achilles is willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives on both sides simply to win glory for himself :/

"I thought I would destroy the ships today / and slaughter all the Greeks and then go home / to windy Troy, but darkness fell too soon [...] So now, we must submit to black night and make dinner."

I'm losing it, Hector sure has priorities. Can't fight a war on an empty stomach I guess

Odysseus referring to himself as "the loving father of Telemachus" is sending me

More like "the absent father of Telemachus" amirite 😭

The gods sure are meddlesome... If only they'd stayed away on vacation longer, this whole war could've been wrapped up by now

Urghhh I'm honestly bored out of my mind so far. To DNF or not to DNF?

I do not like how Aggie is used as a moral lesson for our main character rather than being portrayed as a human being in her own right >_>

OOF. 10/10, now that's what I call a good plot twist

"Kamet... I am sorry. I hope you will forgive me."

I'm crying because Costis is such a good dude, okay (I know he just killed like 5 guys but,,, he's a softie I'm telling you!!)

"Still, it did not seem to me that the king of Attolia was investing one of his best men in this petty revenge of his."

Oh, Kamet, Kamet, how wrong you are...