Reviews tagging 'Grief'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

889 reviews

joey_estrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

I didn't think the ending would affect me like it did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

marsbarz0903's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Child death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Rape and Grief

chloewilson_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

So many emotions stirred up whilst reading. From rage at reading the way women were (and still are) treated during war and violence to sadness over the last few chapters. The History of Man is a song that replayed over and over in my head whilst reading it. So many amazing quotes throughout too, Madeline sure knows how to word things perfectly.

And perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth, when another is gone

I could recognise him by touch alone, by smell, I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

He is half my soul, as the poets say.

It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.

But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Rape and Grief

noraisasillybilly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

BEST BOOK IVE EVER READ- IVE READ IT 4 TIMES NOW AND ITS GOOD EVERY SINGLE TIME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Emotional abuse, War, Child abuse, Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Death

taylor_bb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

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I think it takes a lot for a book to make me cry, and I thought that this wouldn’t… and of course I start balling in the last 10 pages. This was just beautifully written and scratched the itch of wanting a good Iliad interpretation (looking at you Troy). Never thought I would actually cry over characters from the Iliad and yet here I am. Just… ugh. I can see how this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I love detailed books, deep emotions, and mythological retellings.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy and Homophobia

riv_erb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Child death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Abandonment

itsrenee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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: Grief and Death

ghost3_14159's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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: Gore, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, War, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Misogyny, Colonisation, War, Rape, and Violence

bella_jayde02's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy