Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

86 reviews

charlottx's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. The writing was wonderful and what a magical way to tell this story. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, Medical content, Pedophilia, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Child death, and Sexual content

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Plot: 3.5★
Prose: 4.5★
Pace: 3.75★
Concept/Execution: 3.75★/4★
Characters: 3★
Worldbuilding: 3.5★
Ending: 2.75★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Cursing, Vomit, Bullying, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

emolr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, War, Violence, and Slavery

jankmab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Medical content, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

kyrakaw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.75

Absolutely beautiful writing by Madeleine Miller. I would love to see more from her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Animal death, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Death of parent

ekcd_'s review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.0

The audiobook was sooooo painful, seriously I wonder if I would have liked the book if it werent for his droning voice. Ick. But also the writing was clunky and the pace was weird. 

I truly don't understand what patroculus brings to the table, his only job in the whole plot was to talk about loving achilles he had almost no personality or actions otherwise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Gore, and Slavery

koinia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, Violence, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, and Medical content

holliesatchell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, War, and Violence

caitlindoesntread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Okay. The ending of this book was incredibly touching, and i loved how the character dynamics changed throughout and you really felt like the characters were growing up, however, it took me AGES to get through all of this thing. It was iNCREDIBLY slow paced for the first like two thirds and then in the last portion of the book it suddenly went crazy fast and ten years passed in the space of a few chapters??? despite this, there is practically no plot during most of this book. I LOVED I THOUGH. the imagery throughout the book is incredible. I loved the relationship between Patroclus and Briseis and actually felt like (SPOILERS!!!) she just randomly died way too abruptly and she deserved way more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

pasanov's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing retelling of the story of Achilles and Patroclus, Madeline keeps going strong after Circe, I can't wait to read more of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, Cannibalism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual content