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Το τραγούδι του Αχιλλέα

Madeline Miller

4.35 AVERAGE

paigemills's review against another edition

2.0

emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cay_owed's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

g780's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jb_10's review against another edition

4.0

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I really enjoyed this book. Such an interesting story and well written. We all know Achilles in one form or another, but this was a new spin that went further into the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles. I would highly recommend this book.

isainparis's review against another edition

2.25

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wzronek's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

jds_reads's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think it’s beautifully written but I don’t love the light Patroclus was cast in. 

ead711's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

loyaalexis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

leooo_08's review against another edition

2.0

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1.5 ☆

I tried to like this book. I really did, but considering the time I took to finish, that mission was failed miserably.

I was SO BORED, I actually wanted to remove my eyeballs everytime I sat down to read.
I vividly remember reading this for a full day - horrid mistake - i was enable to touch a book for months. Lesson learned, guess.

Moving on to my opinion on the actual plot.

I hated Patroclus' personality (because he barely had one, considering he spent almost the entirety of the book expressing his INTENSE love for Achilles. Like, yes, he's the love of your life, BUT SERIOUSLY, COULDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE???)
The part where I actually appreciated him was when defending Briseis and when he died. (the only parts he CONTRIBUTED TO THE STORYLINE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY).

Besides that, there's also Achilles. He became prideful to a point where he would let HUNDREDS of people die because of Agammenon, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? All those years with Chiron taught you NOTHING. You have become exactly like your mother.
Also, regarding this situation, Patroclus got mad at him for like 2 pages and then forgave him, why? BECAUSE HE HAS NO PERSONALITY ASIDE FROM LICKING THE GROUND ACHILLES STEPS ON.

Furthermore, I found it infuriating that we come to find out Patroclus' brilliant healer skills, but that, in my opinion, was never explored enough. Again, stripping away his personality.


Lastly, I did enjoy the last 50 pages, but seeing as this had 300+, it was not worth it, imo.
It hurts to have hated this book, since I ADORE the myth.


DISCLAIMER: This review contains MY OPINION, based on MY thoughts throughout the book, so, if you liked it, feel free to disagree, kindly.