Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

80 reviews

izzle17's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Injury/injury detail, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy

pixie_dust's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

If you cry easily, bring a box of tissues with this book. Madeline Miller does not hold back with her poetic writing and gut-wrenching imagery. There are times when you want to cringe,

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especially during bloody fights, medical scenes, the plague, and almost anything related to a woman character.

But when judging the book as a romance, there is no doubt that Miller did a good job portraying the highs and lows of Achilles and Patroclus' relationship. Amazing story, through and through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

_caitlin_doesnt_read_'s review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Okay. The ending of this book was incredibly touching, and i loved how the character dynamics changed throughout and you really felt like the characters were growing up, however, it took me AGES to get through all of this thing. It was iNCREDIBLY slow paced for the first like two thirds and then in the last portion of the book it suddenly went crazy fast and ten years passed in the space of a few chapters??? despite this, there is practically no plot during most of this book. I LOVED I THOUGH. the imagery throughout the book is incredible. I loved the relationship between Patroclus and Briseis and actually felt like (SPOILERS!!!) she just randomly died way too abruptly and she deserved way more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

dragon_lord's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Though I started reading this book already knowing some of Achilles’s story, and therefore some of the events that would happen, I never once felt like that detracted from my experience reading it. If anything, it added to it. I was in stitches trying to figure out how certain events would happen. I absolutely loved this book, and finished it in a single sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Homophobia, Sexism, Murder, Slavery, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual content

shruti_207's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

grimm_bear's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

this book has caused me to kick my friend out of the bus seat next to me so i could ball up sideways on the seat and question my existence

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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 along
this 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Homophobia, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Slavery

captainoliimar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

josie24601's review

adventurous

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Slavery

mermaidstears's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

so i didn't wanna give into the hype surrounding this book. i didn't wanna read it and hate it so i put it off for so long. but when i finally read it i feel in love. the writing is beautiful miss maddie really has a way with words. the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus was mwah beautiful chef's kisses obviously with its flaws. I cried at the ending like a baby i can't lie. i may end up rating this 5 stars in the future if i keep thinking about this book but for now it's 4.75. there were just a few aspects i felt were longed out. 

I can see why some wouldn't enjoy this or think it's soul-shattering and that's okay. I get it and feel like I'll never be complete again              

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Biphobia, Child death, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

mj_hyperfixation_station's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I finally got around to reading this book and can i just say thank you. this book was so beautifully written with everything from how each character looked to the horrors of the battlefield.

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the way the mood changed after Patroclus died was beautiful I carried a mood for the rest of the book, starting with dread and grief but also no more hope and almost a numbing feeling to then a sense of peace when achilles also died. then to annoyance and desperation when Achilles son would not let them be buried together and finally peace and reassurance when thetis granted Achilles and Patroclus to finally be together in the underworld.

  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship