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A book this good deserves a better ending. Song of Achilles is as good as Circe, but abandones the retelling for the classic Greek myth at the end. It left me hollow.

kierstanryan's review against another edition

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4.0

A steadily paced book that was easy to put down and come back to, but once you got into the find act, you needed to keep reading. Each chapter was a story in Patroclus and Achilles life. I really enjoyed it.

jaanunn's review against another edition

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5.0

Adored this. First time reading anything involving a gay love story (a strange realization) and enjoyed the lack of stereotype or expectation. Bonus of learning a lot about Greek mythology! Highly recommend.

herathecat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This started slow, and I was tempted to give up at one point, but I then got so, so invested in the characters and their relationship and I ended up absolutely sobbing at the end. I've read quite a few re-tellings of myths and this, along with Circe, are by far my favourites.

criscroscris's review against another edition

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No se acerca a la maravilla que es Circe. Me aburrió, sin más.

_paulinanani_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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