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La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

33 reviews

niaoliver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

*WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD*

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP !!!

I think that sums up what I feel pretty well. 

This was beautifully written and I found myself almost crying a few times in the end, even though I knew what was going to happen. I think Patroclus' death affected me more than anything else.

The way their relationship is described had me giggling and kicking my feet like a teenager. All those moments they spend together in their youth have been my favorite parts to read. 

Achilles' pride on the war made me so frustrated! I wanted to get in the book and slap some sense into him! I think I started to hate him a bit.

The only downside for me was the length of the chapters but, overall, I loved this book and I'm glad I read it. I've saved a lot of quotes that had me screaming and I'm sure I'll end up getting "Because you're the reason" tattooed at some point in my life.

If you'll excuse me, I will proceed to mourn my dear Patroclus for the next 10 years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Slavery

Minor: Pregnancy and Mental illness

a_random_fangirl's review

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

ailsaod's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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

3.0

Well let's just say I'm glad I borrowed this from the library. I honestly don't get the hype with this one. Patroclus and Achilles' relationship really didn't do it for me - they are extremely co-dependent but somehow still quite bland and Achilles' main character trait is being self-absorbed - and if you don't like their relationship then there isn't a lot here. Also how do people find this romantic when there is literally a scene where Patroclus offers that Achilles and him can go live quietly together and not die young and Achilles response is along of the lines of 'I'd rather die, thanks'? Ah yes the romance of the century right here, everyone!

Reading this book was s o s l o w and yet very little actually happened on page A lot of the book is establishing a scene and then immediately time skipping to the next brief scene.Admittedly this book did make me cry at the end but this was not from any sort of attachment to the characters and more because it was such a bleak and upsetting situation.

The one thing I did like was how the prophecies were handled. This is funny as prophecies are one of my least favourite tropes but I enjoyed how obvious it was to the reader but not to the characters what was going to happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Mental illness, Gore, and Child death

Minor: Slavery and Rape

2137oliwia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

olia_k21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

olliee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and War

talyara's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I went into this book already knowing the story of the Iliad, thinking I was prepared for the ending and I'd just be reading a cute romantic retelling. I was absolutely not prepared, in the best way possible.
I absolutely fell in love with these characters and their love story, to the point where I was crying throughout the last two chapters. The writing is gorgeous, the foreshadowing hurts in the best way possible.
Overall just a beautifully executed book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Classism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Misogyny, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Gore

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Excrement, Homophobia, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

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

buwubie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.0

y’all ever just wanna 🥊 achilles and just hold patroclus in a tight embrace to protect him from everything wrong in the world? cause i do a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, War, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence