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chloj_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.5
        !!spoilers ahead!!Â
- âhis idea of female beauty was a woman so fat if you slapped her backside in the morning she'd still be jiggling when you got back home for dinner.â damn me tooÂ
- âshe couldâve been kind to me and she wasnât; she couldâve helped me find my feet and she didnât.â
- âwhen i got to the door i paused with my hand on the latch and looked back, but sheâd already turned awayâÂ
- the main characterâs relationship with femininity is so cleverly written- both her relationship with other women, and with her own femalenessÂ
- âbut the dying man, his face wiped clean of pain, cradled his spilling intestines as gently as a mother nurses her newborn child.â
- ââitâll be alright,â i said, knowing it wouldnât.âÂ
- âhe fucked as quickly as he killed, and for me it was the same thing. something in me died that night.âÂ
- the emotions in this book are soooo beautiful doneÂ
- âthe bed was cold.â this one sentence is so incredibly powerfulÂ
- âno girl ever dressed more carefully for her wedding than achilles for the battlefieldâ
- âas long as i lived and remembered, [my brothers] werenât really dead.â
- the relationship between briseis and iphis is SO special- it is born entirely from shared tragedy and the kindness only women can share with each other.Â
- that depiction of wasteland at the end of 46/start of 47 is SUCH a beautiful depiction of the waste of female beauty (both physical and mental) at the hands of menÂ
- âthe world began to close in around me, and i realised that the songs belonged to my brothers and not meâÂ
- âi always remember that she wept for me when i couldnât weep for myselfâÂ
- the list format of the people Achilles killed / how they died is SO good- it really displays how the repeated trauma and war has made tragedy something clinical.
- âbefore leaving, he always bent down and kissed him in the mouth, though the lips had darkened and begun to retract.âÂ
- âWhy him? Why not me? He asks the questions over and over, as if one day they might have a different answer, and the burden of guilt be lifted at last.â
- achilles grief is written so beautifullyÂ
- âand i do what countless women before me had been forced to. i spread my legs for the man who killed my husband and brothers.âÂ
- ânow my own story can beginâ
Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, and War
Moderate: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, and Pedophilia
evelynepisodes's review against another edition
Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Slavery, Violence, War, Blood, Rape, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Vomit
kredeprnz's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Murder, War, Blood, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Slavery
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Suicide, and Pregnancy
Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Infertility
elizabethchoi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence