What is the author's style in Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren?

Although the setting of the novel closely resembles Homer’s ancient descriptions, the language of the novel is modern. The first-person viewpoints and modern language combine to make the story far more contemporary and personal than most other novels about the Trojan War. This modern, personalized vision of the war and the events leading up to it makes the novel and story it contains far less epic than Homer’s composition.