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Shiva Adl sh_adl652e — For this one I'm going to organize my thoughts by categories based on the most important features of this book. 1. A retelling: I love retellings (and Homer), which explains why I read this in the first place. And that aspect of the book doesn't disappoint: We receive many different versions of THE ODYSSEY, including expected tie-ins with THE ILIAD and unexpected tie-ins with other myths (most Greek, some not). I liked some much better than others (Achilles as a Golem sticks out), but most were so short that they were easy to forget. A question I often have is whether retellings should be responsible for cluing the reader in on original context. Mason seems to have felt the same way, having included footnotes; but I can't vouch for whether these were helpful because, in this case, I knew the original quite well. For me they were merely distracting. 2. "A Novel": This isn't one. Not according to what I expect from a novel, which is an overarching plot that provides one beginning and one ending no matter how many characters get involved in the process. LOST BOOKS is interesting because its ensemble cast is really just the same guy retold in various ways. For some that might be enough, but I need the connection between installments to be more than just thematic--for the events of one story to affect those in another. Otherwise what you're left with is a short story collection bound together by a common theme. The theme of this one might be "lies," given how it questions the authenticity of Odysseus's adventures. I have nothing against short story collections but this one's first lie is its subtitle. Maybe that was deliberate, but it still got me excited over the prospect of some ingenious and surprising continuity between all the various stories...which never came. 3. A debut book: The writing is wonderful. Natural, smart, literary. True, I eventually got tired of so much exposition, but mostly I just envied Mason for his skill at telling old (ahem, ancient) images in new ways. He has his pet words, of course ("hauteur"), and it's true that I didn't record any memorable lines. But I would read his work again, especially if it promised new techniques and territory.

Samuel Torres _ammycovisd1d0 — Beautiful, poetic language. I especially liked Her Black Mantilla and The Postman's Cottage. This man can write!

Stefan Leitner stefancleic037 — It is quite amazing , just beautiful as the rest of twilight sega's book.