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La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

48 reviews

baking_muffins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Just wow.everything about this book is beautiful. The writing, the setting, the characters, their flaws, the consequences of those flaws. I want everyone to read this masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

vanilla_yogurt739's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I love this book; never heard the full story of Achilles before this telling of it and this was a great way to be introduced to the story. The story of these lovers who are trapped by the fate they know is approaching left me hooked on every chapter. The last chapters were incredibly moving to me with Patroclus’s point of view.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Transphobia and Rape

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

I will remember Achilles and Patroclus and their love. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

heart ripped out stomped on how dare yall tell me to read this

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

i could read this book a thousand times and find something new each time. the writing is beautiful and melodious. the story gut wrenching and sweetly beautiful. 

patroclus, my love, you will always be remembered as a true hero. the same samwise gamgee of the trojan war.

he really was the best of the myrmidons

i love that boy so much. he was so brave, so kind, so smart, so sweet, so moral & loving. his character development was stunning, i loved seeing him grow in confidence. 

the foreshadowing reminded me of my memories of the story, but i still broke when patroclus died and achilles fell

 
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 love that achilles feet were described as this beautiful wonderful thing, foreshadowing his heel. but then it wasn’t an arrow through his heel. as apollo said “he’s a man, not a god”. thinking he was a god is what was the death of patroclus and then him in turn. without achilles hubris and butthurt ego, patroclus wouldn’t have done what he did. i also found it interesting how patroclus suffered the same inflated confidence and sense of invincibility when he adorned achilles’ armour - as if the myth of achilles is what corrupts.

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. 

and the end??? my heart absolutely broke. Thetis was traumatised and it was easier to hate humans than other gods. easier to punish patroclus. but she saw her mistakes and she gave patroclus and achilles their eternity. it was such a nice touch

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, War, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

nervcorp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

todays teens dont want jesus; they want achilles and patroclus to be happy 
if you like popular game "hades" you should 100 percent read this please oh my God read this 

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Slavery

muffycantread's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.5

There is a portion of this book that undeniably reads like Greek erotic fanfiction. Patroclus made me want to rip my hair out for most of the book...But the last few chapters are really interestingly written and I am ultimately glad I endured the unbearable beginning and middle to make it to an interesting and kinda beautiful ending. 

Why do I feel like this a book for Lana Del Rey fans? 

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Content Warnings

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

emotional reflective sad medium-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 am honestly surprised I ended up rating this 5 stars, only because it took me so long to really get into it. But after I finished, I can't think of a legiti ate fault I had with this book. I think it was a mood thing, especially knowing the story of Achilles. When fall turned to summer...I couldn't put it down. The writing is absolutely, heartbreakingly beautiful. Reading this book was like wrapping myself in a warm blanket and giving myself a chance to feel some emotions I had stored up - not something I would expect of a book. Side note: I have a degree in Classics and was worried this retelling would feel gimmicky or distractingly off but it **wasn't** at all! I love the retelling, the liberties taken but the clear attention to the source framework, the way the characters moved through life as people and not necessarily heroes. 10/10 would recommend....to certain friends and in certain seasons (or seasons of life).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Death

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia