Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

187 reviews

lavenderzinnia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Self harm, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Outing, and Classism

thequillhand's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Rape

melusinedln's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

What a beautiful book. The love story between Achilles & Patroclus is one of the most moving one in greek mythology and Madeline Miller did it justice. The last few chapters made me sob, even though I usually never cry because of books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Slavery

spatterson7's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

gh2mi's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

A genuinely fantastic romance that hooked me from the first chapter and refused to leave my thoughts until I could listen to more. Great for pretty much everyone, especially older Greek mythology nerds of the Rick Riordan era and of course romance lovers. "BookTok" seems to carry such a negative connotation, but if it surfaces a book of such high quality as this and allows it to continue to thrive as The Song of Achilles has, then I have no qualms with it.

Do note that this book contains fairly graphic descriptions of sexual content and violence, so if that isn't your thing or you're looking for a book for younger audiences, you may want to hold off on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and War

This book contains fairly graphic descriptions of sexual content and violence, so if that isn't your thing or you're looking for a book for younger audiences, you should probably skip this for now.

tabea1409's review against another edition

Flat characters, way to much talk about rape, both partners cheat and even impregnate a girl 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

davbat's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

Extremely tragic, even more than you'd expect going into it with knowledge of the story. Time after time, Miller shows you what could have been if not for fate/pride/war. Extremely tragic doomed romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Rape and murder are just as common as in the original myth but without any of the euphemism

hamstringy's review

adventurous emotional sad 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

It is hard to write a book like this. Miller writes a tragedy with a clear and incisive voice, one that makes room for the joy and horror of a life under gods. Made me cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Medical content, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Rape

zauet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

17michaelasully's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape