All I knew of Achilles before embarking into this book was the pop culture reference translated into a distant memory of him being the invincible warrior who died because someone kicked his heel? Yes, that definitely sounds about right. I have a mostly superficial knowledge of the main myths from primary school books and I am fairly certain we discussed the broad strokes of the Odyssey in high school 20 years ago, but I have most definitely never read the Illiad. A disclaimer: although I have recently read Mythos by Stephen Fry, my knowledge of Greek mythology is weak at best. Plus, this fit right into the Mythic square on book bingo, and the cover was so pretty in the store that I just had to get it. I feel like social media tends to focus of new releases, so to see a book endure felt like a good omen to me.
Anyway, this book is the current darling of booktube, bookstagram and booktok even though it's already 10 years old by now, which I think is quite remarkable. I don't think I have ever read a book that was quite this hyped to me. I thought I didn't care but I couldn't stop crying
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