Listen, this book isn’t bad but I can tell if I try to make myself keep going I will be stuck back into a reading slump and I'm not about to let this book do that. 

I can see what Madeline Miller was trying to do - expand on the love story of Achilles and Patroclus through Patroclus explaining their story to Thetis to get into the underworld. However, this is so slow and the writing style changes randomly. I only got to page 139 and still think a lot could've been cut out to make this move faster. 

In the end, aren't retellings supposed to have more oomf than the original? 

Also, yes Achilles is the son of a goddess, but does that warrant Patroclus constantly idolizing his knees and feet? Like that's what you love about the guy you've fallen in love with?

And yes I tried it both on audio and the physical copy. The audiobook narrator sounds like a more boring version of Prince Harry