nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Blood, War, Injury/injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Classism, Rape, Child death, Animal death, Homophobia, Cursing, Misogyny, and Self harm
gabriella_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Spoiler
“I thought, This is what Achilles will feel like when he is old. And then I remembered: he will never be old.”I have never read a love story convey so much closeness. Even the physical gap between their bodies must have been too much distance for them to bear.
The prose reads like poetry. The story was incredibly satisfying and kept my interest. I got teary-eyed a few times. This is a story where two characters dare to love in a world where marrying for love is an outlier.
Spoiler
Odysseus was the only other person who was truly in love in this book?Spoiler
“Patroclus, I have given enough to them. I will not give them this.”Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Pregnancy, Murder, Child death, Medical content, Torture, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Death, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, War, Blood, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Outing, and Violence
andiehales's review
- 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
3.5
This book definitely had me feeling sick with emotion at times, especially towards the ending, but the writing style unfortunately wasn’t for me.
Spoiler
Also, I need to note how emotionally attached I became to Briseis. I love her like nobody else. She deserved so much better. Briseis I will avenge you.Graphic: Gore, Infidelity, Genocide, Murder, Violence, War, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Abandonment and Cursing
gayelfboi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Slavery, Classism, and Rape
Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexism, and Torture
eatmytoe404's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Slavery, Sexism, Classism, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Outing, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gore, Child abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts
grimm_bear's review
- 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
Spoiler
the starting of the story with patroclus’s childhood story to then meeting achilles and finding a home and finally to the dark and morbid camp near troy was so well blended i felt as if i was being floated along by the current of the story not drug along with inserted elements to move the story alongthis could have been due to the nature of retelling a story, but i think it is also due to the writing used in this wonderful book
with all that said i really do recommend this book to anyone who wants a well written heart breaking love stroy to read
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Homophobia, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Slavery
blouviere4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Violence, and War
athena10257's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual content, Body horror, Medical content, Abandonment, and Cursing
Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, and Outing
captainoliimar's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Incest, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Minor: Self harm, Biphobia, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Suicide
brookey8888's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, War, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment