“Can anyone please tell me why the author suddenly switched to present tense in the middle of his narrative when there is absolutely no need for it? It is supremely irritating or am I the only one feeling this? I also think there are lots of unwanted details and descriptions.”
“How Eugenides interweaves Greek mythology into the story is great. If my memory is correct, the Greek god Zeus's consort is his sister, Hera, isn't it? ”
“I also thought the book was really slow in the beginning and full of useless information they probably just used for a filler. I thought it was pretty interesting though how they went through the whole ordeal with Calliope/Cal. I didn't really want to finish it as soon as I got like halfway through I just couldn't really get interested. I finished it though! ”
“HBO is going to make this into a television series supposedly. Thoughts? I always thought it would be too epic and too something else to be made into a movie, maybe an HBO series or miniseries is just the thing.”
“The beginning of the book was really wordy and full of irrelevant information. I thought Eugenides got his point across, but could have done it in fewer words. I stuck with the book because of high rating, and around the middle it started picking up - really getting into Cal's life. That's the part I really enjoyed reading! So the first half was no where near as good as the second half.”
“I gave up midway through; I just couldn't do it! It was interesting but it just felt like it was going nowhere.”
“i now have all reasons to have and read this book..hope that somehow this could answer all my questions about identity.”
“I wrote this in my review, and what really drew me in was how well Eugenides connects Greek Mythology into contemporary fiction. There was always that theme you can't change fate. And I feel like there is a metamorphis and changing theme that continues through the story, but I think there's also parts that don't change and can't change.”
“I love love love this book. Eugenides did such an amazing job with the mythology and pain involved in the protagonist's weird journey through puberty. In my top 5 books about incest.”
“LOVED Prep”
