A review by harrimyers
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

second time reading. started at 4:30, just finished at 11pm. knackered but damn. it’s a beautiful book if i just. ignore the original source material. some great, Great lines tho and it’s a book that was very necessary to be written even if me and how some of the women’s plot lines in this don’t get on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation