The gory action scenes were great. I mean I loved reading the variety of ways a man's head can be severed during battle. I'm partial to details about spinal fluid sputtering out of the still standing body. So when it comes to violent action scenes Homer gets it. Unfortunately, I had very little to hang onto as the chapters wore on (and they wear, believe me they wear) so the majority of this epic was dull and honestly just boring. I'm sure if I had more academic preparation I could appreciate subtle changes in rhyme scheme to match the content and I'm sure that could even be riveting.

I was unprepared. It dragged.