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Metamorphoses by Ovid
3.0

I'm giving this a 3 stars even though I didn't enjoy this as much as the Aeneid. I felt like this Latin epic was all over the place. It made it really hard to concentrate on the main themes and relating those themes to the different stories is just annoying me lol. Also, I feel like I don't remember most of the stories or the names of the characters cause there were SO MANY! I don't even know how many stories there are in this epic. Some were ones I had heard before, so it was kind of a review. Others I had never heard before, but there are some I probably will never forget. I will admit that even with it being confusing at times, I did enjoy the stories overall - especially if we're not focusing on themes and things like that (which I had to for my class). The stories are just fun to read, as long as you don't take them too seriously.

ALSO...THIS IS MY 50TH BOOK OF THE YEAR!!!! I HAVE OFFICIALLY ACHIEVED MY GOODREADS GOAL FOR 2016!!!