Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

6 reviews

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

This is definitely my new favorite book. I never cried over a book so much. This deserves all of the five stars and then some. This is beautifully written and I would do anything to read it for the first time again. Madeline Miller did an amazing job on this retelling and I would recommend it to anyone.

The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus was amazing which lead to their demises in the end.

 Again I cried so much even though I knew what happened…. I can’t say this enough how much I love this book and I love how it written. 10/10 would recommended.😭✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Classism, Medical content, Violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Grief

kassidypf13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

I had been in a reading slump and this book got me right out of it. this was exactly the type of book i love. Achilles did make me angry at quite a few points and even though i knew what was gonna happen it didn't drag. the writing was captivating and the main character was so real..i felt like i would do anything for him.

At the end though i was more distressed at the idea that Patroclus  might never rest in peace than the fact that he died.

overall,it played my emotions like a fiddle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism

borokaaa's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

it's not that sad as the people on tiktok said

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

_kate333's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

omg this is one of my new favorites i loved it so much and i love the authors writing too it was amazing. my eyes hurt from crying but it’s so beautiful and i would 100% read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ik there’s a lot of trigger warnings there and most of the moderate ones could probably be in the minor section but it’s better to have them there at all for someone who might need it

wthanyell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

“I could recognise him by touch alone, by smell, I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world."

Yes I know everyone uses that quote but it could not be helped.
This book had me hooked from very early on. There was something about the descriptive style of writing that held me; it was effortless to read and despite alot of adjectives being thrown in all the time it didn't halt the experience. I was in awe of how attached I was to the characters from the get-go, I was giddy with excitement over how they came to grow together. It did feel odd to have this sort of reaction over CHILDREN but eventually they were fully-fledged adults and I didn't feel so bad about it. The fact that I knew little to nothing about Greek mythology did not severely impact my experience. What I need to know is laid out for me. However, I think someone who did have previous knowledge of Greek mythology could potentially gain more from reading this text than I did.
I'm not sure why, but this book reminded me of my reading experience with The Wrath & The Dawn so much but I cannot pinpoint why.
The most interesting part of this reading experience was how much my perception of the characters changed throughout the novel, I did not think that I could feel differently toward any of them but was proven wrong in the end.
I would like to read more books of this style in the future, those that are based on Greek mythology as it is an interesting topic to me.

Characters: 9/10
Plot: 8/10
Writing: 9/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

Overall: 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, Homophobia, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts