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The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

76 reviews

maxyne21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Rape

pitedavid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Extremly good book. Even while knowing the myth, i could still get immersed within the story and feel it in my heart. I had alot of emotions and avsolutely loved the book. It is a classic greek myth involving

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gods, hubris, known figures, tragedy and prophesies

while still feeling modern and fresh. I liked that you can start reading without knowing the myths or characters and still enjoy it because of the amazing and natural explainations

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Murder, Violence, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Homophobia, Outing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Self harm, Child death, Misogyny, and Classism

_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

catglasses's review

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

this is my most favorite book of all time. it is so so so so beautifully written, it brought back my belief in humanity and love and broke it at the same time. if you are looking for, not a sobbing and tear filled sadness, but a empty sadness in depth of your heart that leaves you speechless, tis book is for you. another thing, i would HIGHLY recommend reading this BEFORE because this book is soft and intimate and Circe is so serious compared to it, you may not be able to enjoy The Song of Achilles and feel it to be a bit dilly-dally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Minor: War and Pregnancy

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical content, and War

jasminn_perez's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

this is my second madeline miller and i think i would read absolutely anything she writes. just like circe the writing is just so fucking beautiful and she paints pictures with her words and writes emotions so profoundly so beautifully. ALSO the griefff ughh its j so so good. i dont think i will ever get over this book. it was so heartbreaking but just felt so right idk if that makes sense. i think the conversation at the end of the book that briseis had with achilles will always stay in my mind when i think of this book. achilles’ pride cost him what he loved the most. patroclus truly was the best of the myceneans. the only thing i kind of didnt like was the fact that patroclus had sex with the mother of achilles’ son. i thought that was weird and i didn’t understand why he did it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, and Body horror

Minor: Rape

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

keiwald's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Good story, but the writing is often very cut and dry descriptive. Very show over tell often, which is the style of the chosen narrative, told as a story from Patrocus point of view. 
The story travels from his childhood until his late 20/ early 30s
It can get decently descriptive in the gore in the second half and often mention rape as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Little to no homophobia. There is a bit of "are you going to pick a wife?" But I cannot remember a scene where anyone was put down or in danger due to being gay. The second half of the book is in war. Decent gore and blood descriptions. Sex is mentioned and mildly described, but never in graphic detail. Rape of women is often mentioned. Rarely described.

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

athena10257's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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