Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

85 reviews

emilyelysian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, War, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Vomit

_bobatea_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Slavery, Classism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Grief, War, Violence, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Vomit

the_ash37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

this book is so wonderful it's probably one of the best books ive read. Madine Miller is a genius and her writing is so poetic and beautiful and she can evoke emotion effortlessly. this book is a masterpiece and so emotional. the concept of the book is so interesting and beautifully written. the characters are perfect and i adore them. the ending broke my heart into a million pieces and I don't think i will ever recover but it was worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence

bedoesque's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, and Cursing

fuzzywilson's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Cursing, Confinement, Blood, Classism, Death, Gore, Slavery, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

ratatouilllie's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Vomit

abbruzzese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.

He is half of my soul, as the poets say.

I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.

There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.

And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

holy shit. like, holy fucking shit, dude. i am moved. i am someone else entirely after reading this book. i actually can't even put my adoration for it into words. this is one of those rare works that is so beautiful all the way through that every single word is like fucking honey on the tongue, on the eyes. and despite knowing how it ends before i started reading, i cried so hard for so much of it. god bless madeline miller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Violence, Child death, Grief, and Pregnancy

kyra2004's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

This book changed my perspective of reading, it felt as if I was reading through honey tinted glasses, not rose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Grief

singalana's review against another edition

hopeful reflective relaxing slow-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 was hyped all over BookTube, and compared to the last hyped book I read (The Priory of the Orange Tree), this actually holds up to the hype. This is a historical novel telling the story of Achilles and Patroclus. Achilles is a son of the goddess, prophesied to be a legendary warrior. Patroclus is a son of a king, but his father exiles him. This story follows their journey as they meet as young boys and develop a relationship.

The story is told from the perspective of Patroclus, as he gets to know Achilles and eventually falls in love with him. The author does a good job creating likeable but eventually flawed characters with distinct personalities and voices. The story moves slowly, taking the time it needs to build the relationships and the characters. The writing flows beautifully, painting a vivid picture.

The story is bittersweet. If you know the myth of Achilles, you have a sense of impending doom from the start, but even if you don’t the prophecies relating to Achilles are revealed rather early on. Still, the ending moved me and surprised me. 

I can’t think of much to criticize about this book except for the brutalities of War (especially regarding women), but I can’t fault the author for painting an accurate picture of the story of Achilles and the realities of war. The book isn’t unnecessarily gory, and it’s a beautiful story, and I would recommend it to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death, Sexism, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Infidelity, Grief, and Sexual assault

aswaledziak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death

Minor: Cursing