To my surprise, I ended up enjoying this book very much. Initially, I thought it was too focussed on a homosexual love affair, but eventually, the book drew me in. It made me feel that I understood the mindset of the Greeks, it was interesting to be given a broader understanding of a very well established story, and I grew to like Patroclus, the narrator, very much. At first, I had pegged him as a weak person, but he grew in confidence as the story progressed and truly became the best of the Greeks.
