Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

266 reviews

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Blood, Grief, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

urlordlorin'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Achilles'i neden Aşil diye değil de Akhilleus diye çevirdiniz? Neyse. Beklediğimden çok daha iyiydi. Uzun zamandır okuduğum en akıcı kitaplardan. Patroklos'a ve onun biraz sakar kişiliğine bayıldım. O kadar "insan" bir karakterdi ki. Akhilleus da aslında bazı yönleriyle fazlasıyla gerçekçi bir karakterdi bence, gücü eline alınca kibrine yenilmesi açısından.

Spoiler

Thetis, ikinci "en iyisi ölecek" kehanetini getirdiğinde Patroklos'un öleceğini tahmin etmiştim. Bu kısmın tahmin edilebilir olması can sıkıcıydı benim için. Yani Patroklos karakteri bir anda cesaretlenmeye, öne çıkmaya, "işe yaramaya" başlamıştı. Ben, önce Akhilleus'un ölümünü Patroklos'un ağzından duymak isterdim sanırım. Trajedi elementine daha çok katkıda bulunurdu bence, Patroklos daha duygusal, şiirsel bir karakter. Yine de "küllerimizi birbirine karıştırın ve bizi birlikte gömün" kısmından sonra biraz ağlamış olabilirim.

Ayrıca savaş sahnelerini daha canlı bir şekilde okumak isterdim. Geçiştirilmiş geldi bana. Overall favori karakterim Briseis bu arada. Keşke daha çok yer verilseydi. Yalnızca onu anlatan bir kitaba bile çok okay'im.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Rape, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Medical content

jemappellecat's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

gayghostprince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

the book is very hyped up and in comparison to the hype fell kind of flat. I'm sorry to the tsoa gays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Murder, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Incest, and Homophobia

the incest is less than standard for greek myths. i just added it because they are greek myths

yikeslou's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

im so sorry i just did not find this book enjoyable. patroclus is baby boy, him and achilles are so sweet, but achilles can get in the bin

i do appreciate that miller made agamemnon exactly as bitchy as he should be. it's not in the book but clytemnestra did what she had to do i just wanna say that.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Slavery

rionstorm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

Really loved this! Love a tragic romance, and thought the ending was satisfying if (obviously) sad.

The character development was really well done, felt gradual and natural.

Spoiler

It felt balanced how Patroclus almost rose to meet Achilles in his own way, becoming known for his talents and abilities, and Achilles at the end was almost knocked back a bit to meet Patroclus in his more substantial mortality. I particularly liked the line towards the end, after having Achilles portrayed as invulnerable and unbeatable for so long, when Paris begins to mention the myth of Achilles' heel and invincibility, and is cut off by Apollo reminding him that he is mortal and can be killed. Really grounds Achilles' character all of a sudden.

 

I read it after Circe, and I found the difference in how certain things (especially stuff relating to women, marriage, and assault) are talked about really interesting. This one was definitely a bit more difficult to read in that sense, as sexual assault in particular is talked about relatively flippantly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Self harm, and Outing

tgaddie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Murder, Death, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Mental illness, Bullying, Outing, Physical abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Gore, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Child death

_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