I didn't much care for the Odyssey, so this was a way to review the classic without having to wade through it again. It basically accomplished that goal. I also like books of travel, and when this the author was writing about his travels, it was mildly interesting, although he seems like a very dull person with no more than mediocre observational skills. But the passages where he drones on about deeper meaning, as though the Odyssey was his Scripture (which it basically is since it led him on this journey for meaning while at the same time he took advantage of pretty much every opportunity he had to discount or mock the Bible), those parts were dull. Especially at the end, he went on about the real significance long after his trip ended and long after the book should have. Also as a negative, if the author has a sense of humor, he keeps it to himself. Normally, a pregnant woman wouldn't want her husband to take off for several months on a potentially dangerous trip. My guess is that she finds him boring too and was happy to get rid of him rather than listen to him drone on about the significance of pregnancy for nine months.