Books like The Adventures of Ulysses

This may not be the worst book I've ever read, but it defiantly on the list. I extremely disliked how the author wrote this book. In each chapter there would be a new problem and Ulysses would solve it and they would then move onto a new island. It was like that for the whole story, a island, a new problem, and Ulysses always solved it. Also, even though I do realize that this is fiction, some of the things Ulysses did was impossible, even in this setting. Ulysses may be a hero, but he is not a god. Although he did have some help from the gods at times, it is physically impossible for a mortal man, Ulysses in this case, to lift a giant rock by himself and throw it to crush some of his enemies. I don't know if anyone I know will enjoy this book because I certainly didn't.