Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

28 reviews

a_random_fangirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Death, Blood, Violence, War, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness, Colonisation, Animal death, and Sexual violence

captainoliimar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Incest, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Biphobia, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Suicide

badvision's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, and War

chezoree's review against another edition

To be honest this book kinda got boring for me. It was really good at the beginning but then it just was hard to keep focused.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Colonisation

onefineelephant's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 8/10. Pretty gay. I know the story of Achilles pretty well which made all of the foreshadowing lines very nice. I didn't know how involved Thetis was in the story. I liked how Achilles, who could be easily seen as arrogant and haughty, was portrayed as a rounded person from Patroclus' point of view. Overall, I liked it but I wouldn't say it's an instant favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Outing, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Blood, Classism, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Self harm, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

Flawless storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Sexual content, Gore, Colonisation, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Genocide and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, and Genocide

tayejo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Slavery, Outing, Murder, Homophobia, Gore, Genocide, and Child death

piapoyopi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: War, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Colonisation, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

u_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.75

I REALLY wanted to love this book but ultimately, it didn't work for me. Why:

• While I thought the love story between Achilles and Patroclus was sweet and felt authentic, the sexual way in which minors were described throughout the book really bothered me.
• I was really excited to see parts of ancient Greek and Roman cultures brought to life in this retelling but there was a shocking lack of historical detail in the settings and descriptions beyond general cultural customs and names.
• The pacing of the story felt really disjointed and painfully slow at times.
• I felt like I kept waiting for the plot to take off, but it didn't. Instead halfway through the book,
  the setting just changed to a years-long war that felt like a different, even more boring book.
• Although several characters are likable and ~feel~ like they're fully fleshed out, they aren't written with much character depth that goes beyond the surface level and a few traits. Additionally, character motivations felt like they were thrown out the window for certain plot elements to occur.
• The twists near the end of the book weren't believable to me.
• The female characters were written poorly and I found many of them to follow harmful cliches authors use to excuse abuse or explain away why they're written in a sexist way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Animal death, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War