Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

727 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

machenn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and War

onmym_ark's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, and Homophobia

sophiegiggly's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.5

Spoiler

i hated the ending, why did both of them have to die? they were so perfect until Achilles started acting not like himself and then Patroclus literally sacrificed himself for Achilles. i liked how thetis added Patroclus’ name on the statue to be with Achilles in the underworld

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Rape

sarah_speaks'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, War, Murder, Child death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Rape and Animal cruelty

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

lyneobsessions's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad slow-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: Death, Violence, War, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, and Grief

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Bullying, Slavery, Misogyny, Murder, Animal death, Gore, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Cursing

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

lex17's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, War, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Slavery, and Sexual violence