The only reason I checked out Galatea, by Madeline Miller, was because it looked really short. It’s like a 30 minute read, or less. A trifling story, where booksellers and publishers are happy to take your $12 for the hardcover (!) and you can gift it to a friend who is vaguely feminist, has a literary air but doesn’t really read much, and liked Greek myths as a child. Otherwise, really this is a waste of your time and dollars… Put it in a short story collection about reworking myths for modern readers.