Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

994 reviews

zsabella's review

adventurous 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape, Medical content, and Abandonment

blurbor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

So beautiful, literally left me crying for days after. Beautifully written, too.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sofiaedstrom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Jag har hört väldigt bra om den här boken, så jag blev lite besviken. Det är en ”förbjuden kärlekshistoria” som fångar med en massa spänning, men berättelsen var ganska långsam och förutsägbar. Men ändå en bok som var värt att läsa!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and War

kaeubi's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

kwthor's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

oplu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Outing, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

chimera_moth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

kiinhi's review against another edition

4.0

I don't read romance novels anymore but MZ recommended me to read this! I wish I stopped reading at the cave scene to preserve whatever remenant of happiness but whatever ... 😔✋ for the reread I guess.

The words that Madeline Miller uses to describe Patroclus' view of Achilles is perfection. Pure love and admiration boiled down into the most beautiful sentences, with language so descriptive and specific you can feel its physicality and the presence of each character. Aside from Achilles and Patroclus themselves the way in which she crafts this mythological world oh my godddd Madeline Miller the woman that you are??? 

Possibly overhyped but still is a very good book! I would recommend to experience it at least once in your life 🫶

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

dandeliongirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery