Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

88 reviews

makayla_muir's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Gloriously written. The emotion and humanness that was imbued into this tale really enriched the often stark, bloody and factual accounts of ancient history. As a result, I was brimming with elation, biting my nails with anxiety and  crying with grief thoughout this novel. I am now very excited to read Miller's other work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

audreyreadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Sexual assault

lauracollins096's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, War, Grief, Slavery, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Self harm

bridget_esther's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

stevi_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

solari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

Ive never cried so hard reading a book. If you dont live under a rock you know this story, or the key parts of it. Miller has taken those parts in such a way a modern audience can resonate with.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, War, Body horror, and Misogyny

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Gore, Animal death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Misogyny, Rape, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

pidgepodge's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Slavery

gabydoesgrowth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Oh, what to say that hasn’t already been said.

Loved the imagery, sincerity, and vulnerability of the story. I particularly enjoyed the first half of the story as we see them grow up and fall in love with each other. That part moved quickly and held my attention. As we moved into the second half, I became less invested.

Spoiler

Achilles became a petulant child who lost all the depth he’d earned throughout the story, which is perhaps the point. Patroclus is his faithful keeper, who lost all self identity when they met and died protecting a child’s vision of importance and immortality only to be stuck again when he is tossed aside and forgotten. Only to be remembered by one who despises him and having his fate in her hands. Of course they get the happy ever after though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, War, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gore, Abandonment, Grief, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Child death, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

ekcd_'s review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.0

The audiobook was sooooo painful, seriously I wonder if I would have liked the book if it werent for his droning voice. Ick. But also the writing was clunky and the pace was weird. 

Spoiler

I truly don't understand what patroculus brings to the table, his only job in the whole plot was to talk about loving achilles he had almost no personality or actions otherwise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Gore, and Slavery