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It ended on a super cliff hanger and the library doesn't have the next volume HHHHHNNNNNNGGHH!!!

Edit: Never mind... It turns out they continued the story but restarted the issue numbers at this point and I just got confused 😌

I feel like large sections of this could be replaced with "there was a large battle that resulted in this" and nothing would be lost.

Honestly, the sheer number of characters who get named, and have detailed backstories explained, for the sole purpose of immediately dying is, frankly, tiring.

"So princely Agripholus was the son of Argontus, and he was raised in the fertile lands of Haetus, known for their wooly sheep and swift-footed boys, with a score of donkeys and five score of steeds. And his shining armour reflected brightly, and the silver clasps were gifts from noble Pontiphus, who claimed them from the battle of Tiphus. Anyway, he's dead. Agamemnon speared him above the left nipple." Repeat ad nauseum.

Ooohh, very good. Continuing on that "Bicentennial Superman" line that the first TPB started with, but throw in some (more) family drama!

Let's continue this distraction.

I'm reading this for two reasons: 1. I've been playing a lot of Hades recently, which has a lot of Greek characters in it (e.g., Achilles and Patroclus). 2. Christopher Nolan's next project is The Odyssey. So I want to read that, and I don't want to read it before reading this.

However, I'm already immediately disappointed that in this translation all the names of Greek gods are "translated to English" (according to Bryant); so we have Jupiter instead of Zeus, etc.

This third book seems, currently, completely disconnected from the first two; so far it's about life as a fellow on a college board. Is Lewis just telling us about a day at work? We're almost thirty pages in; where's this going?

This was a really beautiful read. It's very short, written intentionally to be read in one sitting. It tells the story of an elderly lady presently in Australia 2023, and when she was five and being removed from her village in Palestine in 1948. And the parallels of what has and hasn't changed in 75 years. Very poignant. Almost poetic. Definitely essential reading to help understand our current times.