A review by jme985
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

3.0

Very beautifully written. I think a lot of the criticism for this book is due to the way Patroclus is characterized - which I don’t disagree with. I think he was too one-dimensional and the only thing I really knew about him by the end of the book was that he loved Achilles. I wish we got more of his relationship with Briseis and his time at the encampment while the fighting was ongoing. Really anything to give me more of his motivations outside of his love for Achilles. Overall though, it’s a retelling of a very classic story through this queer lens that we don’t get much of in society. I appreciate the angle it’s coming from and really enjoyed a lot of the prose in the first half of the book especially.