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dekumoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and War
brebrivera's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Murder, and War
chloj_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
!!spoilers ahead!!
- ‘his idea of female beauty was a woman so fat if you slapped her backside in the morning she'd still be jiggling when you got back home for dinner.’ damn me too
- ‘she could’ve been kind to me and she wasn’t; she could’ve helped me find my feet and she didn’t.’
- ‘when i got to the door i paused with my hand on the latch and looked back, but she’d already turned away’
- the main character’s relationship with femininity is so cleverly written- both her relationship with other women, and with her own femaleness
- ‘but the dying man, his face wiped clean of pain, cradled his spilling intestines as gently as a mother nurses her newborn child.’
- ‘“it’ll be alright,” i said, knowing it wouldn’t.’
- ‘he fucked as quickly as he killed, and for me it was the same thing. something in me died that night.’
- the emotions in this book are soooo beautiful done
- ‘the bed was cold.’ this one sentence is so incredibly powerful
- ‘no girl ever dressed more carefully for her wedding than achilles for the battlefield’
- ‘as long as i lived and remembered, [my brothers] weren’t really dead.’
- the relationship between briseis and iphis is SO special- it is born entirely from shared tragedy and the kindness only women can share with each other.
- that depiction of wasteland at the end of 46/start of 47 is SUCH a beautiful depiction of the waste of female beauty (both physical and mental) at the hands of men
- ‘the world began to close in around me, and i realised that the songs belonged to my brothers and not me’
- ‘i always remember that she wept for me when i couldn’t weep for myself’
- the list format of the people Achilles killed / how they died is SO good- it really displays how the repeated trauma and war has made tragedy something clinical.
- ‘before leaving, he always bent down and kissed him in the mouth, though the lips had darkened and begun to retract.’
- ‘Why him? Why not me? He asks the questions over and over, as if one day they might have a different answer, and the burden of guilt be lifted at last.’
- achilles grief is written so beautifully
- ‘and i do what countless women before me had been forced to. i spread my legs for the man who killed my husband and brothers.’
- ‘now my own story can begin’
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Alcohol
shadi_anna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and War
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief
my_name_is_jess's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and War
trinofspades's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism
evelynepisodes's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
readinbythesea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
I do not recommend this book to anyone who just read The Song of Achilles, though. You will hate Achilles.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
shonalikesreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Torture
saskia_ej's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and War
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail