Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

3 reviews

fr0gsonmushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-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

4.5

I heard that a lot of people loved this book and a lot of people hated it so why not try it out to see which side I’m on. I personally think both the 1 stars reviews and 5 star reviews make good points and it just depends on the reader. If you're interested in the book definitely try it out but also keep in mind that it's not for everyone.

My general thoughts:

- I think Miller did a good job at giving Achilles more character then how I saw him before I read this book, but I feel like a lot of the characters didn’t have the amount of depth I would want in a more relevant character. 

- I will say Miller made some questionable decisions that did bother me so this book definitely wasn't a 5 star one in my eyes. 

- The writing of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus was beautiful. I have probably at least 100 tabs marking pages and quotes that I adored. And when people said it was sad I didn’t believe them, but there were quotes at the end that really hit me hard. They are what is keeping this book above 3 stars. 

- I enjoy reading about Greek mythology and have recently gotten more into retellings. So I definitely plan on checking out Circe.

Not my best review but a good chunk of my thoughts on it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Grief, and Kidnapping

froginhat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Outing, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Stalking

_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