Thanks to the Popsugar Challenge I finally got around to reading this, after adding it to my Goodreads TBR in 2010; it fulfilled the book that has been on my TBR the longest. I am certainly glad I read it - I feel smarter because of it - and will easily say how clever and intellectually stimulating it was. I also love revisiting stories of mythology through a new lens. That said, it was a challenging read! It is extremely cerebral and I found I had to really concentrate while I was reading - not always an easy task in my world! I would also say that some of the vignettes or episodes were better and more clearly developed than others, which is perhaps just the nature of a work such as this.