Reviews tagging 'War'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

1681 reviews

aishanee's review against another edition

emotional informative sad 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

3.5

this is a well-written book that gave me a lot of lore about achilles and other greek heroes of mythology but the pacing was a little slow (especially in the beginning). the ending had more action for sure and the main characters were very well developed so those are both huge plus points for the book. it did a great job of capturing mythology in a  novel format but i prefer books with more action and plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Trafficking, and Terminal illness

cluelessdino's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, War, Blood, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Misogyny, Slavery, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

inkwellimps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

INCREDIBLY investing reinterpretation of Achilles and Patroclus (and Briseis!) from the Iliad from the point-of-view of Patroclus. The story begins in the pair's childhood and follows their origins through

their deaths and, in Patroclus' case, a bit further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Medical content

Minor: Gore, Grief, and Bullying

Child death refers to

a child bully character that is killed by another child character on accident. It is graphic in detail, but not emotionally overwhelming in my opinion

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zauet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, War, Rape, Violence, Murder, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexism, Blood, Homophobia, Medical content, Child death, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Infidelity

17michaelasully's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Outing, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Slavery, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, and Medical content

kilianisreading's review against another edition

adventurous 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

6 stars to be honest

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Vomit

olivia_piepmeier's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Miller's mythological retellings have gotten a lot of attention and it's totally my thing, so it was just a matter of time until I actually read them.

My familiarity with Achilles/Troy was surface level. I was a little distracted at first about what's going on and who's telling the tale, but quickly fell into this world Miller painted so well balancing character development and plot progression. Trying to look back and quickly summarize it, it's just a love story with some godly interventions put against a setting of war. The narrator's role is a whole other layer of enjoyment, from a narrative perspective, near the end. I will certainly read Circe based on my experience with this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

chloe_2311's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.5

LGBTQ+ Frendly is the only bonus and reason for the 2.5 ⭐️⭐️•5 I’m giving if not it would’ve been a 1⭐️. This is the most boring book iv ever read unless you include twilight! Now make it into a movie and I will 100% watch and probably love like I do twilight but the book for me was bland and wasn’t interesting or captivating at all for me it was droning on and on regarding the same shit again and again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Abandonment, Death, and Bullying

raaj's review against another edition

emotional 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

This was so beautifully written it was like turning each page to written gold. Such a well rounded book where the characters are likeable and the writing style is so understated but dense and admirable. The world building is so immersive as well and this culminates in making one of the best books I’ve read so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Minor: Rape