Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

54 reviews

lokioste's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a slower burn with a rapid climax and finish. I think as a first book from Miller, it is solid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

readandplaydk's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

mayday_the_cleric's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

I had an enjoyable time reading this. The writing is tender and immersive, which makes for a relaxing read. Patroclus and achilles' relationship is sweet and dreamy, but it also has an undercurrent of darkness and codependency to it, making the characters quite compelling. My favorite character, however, has to be Thetis. She stole the show for me with her mystery and conflicting emotions and motivations. The ending nearly ruined it for me, but I was happy that they got together again and had a sort-of happy/bittersweet ending. Overall, a pretty good experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

atridie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

elliehaahr's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

saviross's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Not much of a romance reader so wasn't sure if I could get into this one, but I really enjoyed this! Though some parts were a bit slow paced, the characters were compelling enough to make it interesting and the writing itself kept me mostly engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

eatmytoe404's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

it was wonderful and i cant stop crying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

emily_p1's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

emi12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Grief

captainoliimar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide