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La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

29 reviews

elysedc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Medical content, War, Gore, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Gore, Sexual content, Homophobia, Murder, Grief, Violence, and War

Minor: Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, and Violence

feliz_in_a_bucket's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

The book certainly shines in it's character descriptions and emotional scenes. Although the story is adapted for a modern audience, the descriptions of the very young characters in the beginning of the book were quiet off-putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Animal death, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Slavery, and Vomit

Minor: Xenophobia and Sexism

quinn24's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Murder, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Incest

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Kidnapping

marianneiriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Child death, Slavery, Sexual content, Death, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Torture, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Medical content, and Suicide

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

My thoughts 💭: Here we have another book I picked up partly because of #RainbowCrateBookBox. I don't always enjoy retellings of Greek myths (I'm not sure why, since I love Greek mythology), but I really enjoyed this one. I liked the characters and narration throughout. This book also wins in a category it invented: most romantic, sweet, passionate, lyrical, and surprisingly non-explicit sex scene. 

📚 The gist 📚: When Patroclus is exiled by his father, Achilles claims him as his companion. Their lives become deeply intertwined as they battle destiny (and Trojans)

📒Representation📒: mlm mc, Greek mythology and characters

💕 For readers looking for 💕: adaptations of Greek mythology, compelling character dynamics, outsmarting gods, a developing relationship that feels earned, war

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Abandonment, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Gore, Grief, Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual content

brassmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow I forgot how much Pyrrhus fucking sucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Misogyny, War, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Xenophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Child abuse

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Bullying, Dysphoria, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, and Child death

peppers_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Madeline Miller's writing is so beautiful, poetic, and profound. I loved the progression of Achilles' and Patroclus's relationship and how palpable their love felt. It was heart-breaking, devastating, and pure all in one. 

The way it is written is also very engaging and easy to follow, so even if you're not into Greek mythology, you can enjoy it! Yet, it also follows closely enough to the original myths that even experts can appreciate it. 

Such an easy 5 stars! It is definitely a book that I will be re-reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia

dytiscusfriend's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.75

I loved this book and I had low expectations to be honest. I grew up living the Iliad and have a lot of feeling about Patroclus and Achilles as a queer boy. This story struck so many important chords for me and was very healing though often painful. I wish the book felt more self-aware about the racialized elements and racism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence

There are no graphic depictions of sexual violence but it is a significant plot component.