This was very highly recommended to me by a few people I trust when it comes to books, and so I decided to take a chance even though the topic of Greek mythology has never really appealed to me despite my attempt to alter this. Indeed I did enjoy reading it, but did I feel the same satisfaction upon reading the final page and paragraph, no, not really. Truth be told I struggled through the first few chapters and then once it did become interesting and in some ways more 'human' - which I know is not the point because it's mostly about gods and demi-gods, duh - I just felt a bit let down as while the language really does sing, the stories, which are obviously firm in their telling over millenia, just didn't win me over or change my opinion of Greek mythology.