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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

85 reviews

littlepaw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The book is twined in love and human err. The beauty and divinity love can create that is beyond Gods’. Yet the fragility of man to fail at the storm’s of life and choices that dissolves into the sea of stories, among the swirls of men and mortal wishes and their immortal goodness tweaked and juggled by Fates. “The Song of Achilles”, is one such book that beyond it’s magnanimity, speaks about the niche of human emotions. Patroclus and Achilles became the “best of all the Greeks” and “best of all the men” because they had each other at their best, worst and in their nothingness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and War

fakeppy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So very beautifully written. It was a pleasure to read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Blood, and Medical trauma

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

oplu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Outing, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

majestictrilobite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

inkwellimps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

INCREDIBLY investing reinterpretation of Achilles and Patroclus (and Briseis!) from the Iliad from the point-of-view of Patroclus. The story begins in the pair's childhood and follows their origins through

their deaths and, in Patroclus' case, a bit further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Medical content and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Gore, and Grief

Child death refers to

a child bully character that is killed by another child character on accident. It is graphic in detail, but not emotionally overwhelming in my opinion

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el_wheel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Madeline Miller is nothing if not a woman who can make me sob 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

echolliot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Classism

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Yeah I cried. 

Madeline Miller is a beautiful writer and I did enjoy her retelling of this myth, but I didn't find it to be particularly remarkable. 

I think the thing I found most puzzling was Patroclus' inclination towards saving women from being war trophies when this was very much a sociopolitical norm during this period in time. Of course that's not to say I wanted to see more scenes of women being brutalized or that it's impossible for there to be any person during this period to disagree with such practices, but I think when making the decision to have that be one of the main characters in this myth for the purpose of having a more likable protagonist, it becomes a story that lacks the social and cultural context of the historical myths by changing certain themes to fit modern sensibilities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

hyaxinth's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love this book, I would know this book this blind and to the ends of the earth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Abandonment