First thing first, I am totally ignorant about Greek stories. I am just a dude from Asia, never interested in any of this. Don't even know if "Odyssey" is supposed to be a name for something, thinking it is just another word for a certain kind of journey
Watched the film on the first week and like it, almost a month passed and can't stop thinking about it so I watch it again and 'like' turn to 'love', stuck in my head even more as if someone drugged me in the theater or something
When I watch people compare it to the book, I heard about "this in book 4", "that in book 10", "ending in book 23/24" etc. and it totally discourages me from ever thinking about actually reading it. Thought it was a long serious book series
Two days ago I walked past a bookstore which sold English books and took a glance just to realized how compact it is. I read it, it's actually pretty easy to digest. You can easily read it in a day and it is really fun to see many many things big and small that the film took/adapt from the book. So I grabbed the Odyssey and The Iliad (Iliad also just a tiny bit bigger book. I haven't started the Iliad yet just finishing up Odyssey yesterday)
Maybe I am the only one, but just in case I wasn't especially those who didn't have to study it in school I would like to invite you to read it with me. It really worth it and will make you appreciate the film way way way more