This took me a really long time to finish. The slow pacing led me to take breaks throughout, inserting other audiobooks in between. The story is engaging and familiar, but the deep characterization and introspection carry it well, even in long stretches without any action or plot movement.

The feel reminds me of Song of Achilles but it is even more brought away from scene work in the narrative. As I mentioned, the pacing is incredibly slow as a result, but the writing is rich without being verbose, beautiful without being flowery, and accessible despite being about gods and giants.