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vanilla_yogurt739's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Transphobia and Rape
jodean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Self harm, Violence, Murder, War, Trafficking, Sexual content, Homophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Gore, and Alcohol
Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Slavery, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal death
residentgremlin'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: War and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery
Minor: Transphobia and Pregnancy
layzuli's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Blood, Child death, Death, and Rape
estelleidekreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i love all the symbolism in this book and i would love to study this text like we did at school. there’s so much depth.
i actually love odysseus’ character. i’ve always loved his story and i could tell straight away it was him from how he spoke. defo a top favourite character.
last but not least, i had to dedicate one of my tabs for the commentary on the misogyny in ancient greece. i love how well it was portrayed and how we saw its impact on even the strongest of men. in a story that focuses so heavily on men, i think it was a really important layer to add.
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, War, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Rape
nervcorp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
if you like popular game "hades" you should 100 percent read this please oh my God read this
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Sexual assault
Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia
thetinybookdragon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: War, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Slavery
muffycantread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Why do I feel like this a book for Lana Del Rey fans?
Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Pregnancy, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry
hatchtag's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Death
Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia
athenian_frog's review
- 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
4.75
Some phrases are a little repeated (a lot of feet references LOL) but I found the romance overall to be very loving and emotionally satisfying. I found that part of what made Achilles beautiful to me was Patroclus’s perspective/attention to detail, and I think that’s lovely. As they grew close, I appreciated how Achilles always seemed to carve place for Patroclus at his side, and would make an effort to communicate honestly.
The latter half of the book involving the war is particularly strong. My favorite side characters were probably Briseis, Odysseus, and Thetis. I think the author did a good job of making them strong on their own!
A few people found Patroclus to be a bit lacking/soft, but I think it was his gentleness that won me over. While he didn’t do much fighting until closer to the end of the book, he still did a significant amount of verbal maneuvering with the other characters to his or Achilles’s benefit. From his attempts to connect with Thetis to the exchanges with the members of the war camp, I enjoyed the way Patroclus interacted with the rest of the cast the most.
All in all I enjoyed it a lot, probably one of the few Booktok/Booktube books I’ve read that has ever maintained it’s place so close to my heart.
Please consider the content warnings below!
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Rape, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, and Vomit
Minor: Transphobia
- Deaths, especially those in war, are described in a fair amount of detail -women are taken from raids to be enslaved to enemy soldiers -Vomit and illness, medical content especially visible when a plague rips through a war camp -there is one instance of rape that is vaguely described that a supporting character undergoes. -there are two instances of very dubious consent/sexual coercion that occur regarding the main leads, not with each other. -it is mentioned that men who dress as women are extremely looked down upon -sex is typically not very detailed, even between lead characters. Usually some allusions to what is going on but not much else.