Reviews tagging 'Murder'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

893 reviews

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Amazing writing - vivid and evocative. 

Love the realistic portrayal of how women are perceived in this world. I love that Patroclus grows in his opinions on women and people too. Contrasted with Achilles and his views because he can only be focused on himself. 

I think maybe a bit of pacing inconsistencies at the start of the war… partly felt rushed and partly felt weeded out a bit. 

More character distinction would’ve been good, but I’m being really picky now. 

The last chapter is amazing. Many tears fell. Amazing book and fleshed out story of a classic myth. 

I feel the 1984 pull to the book now. Beautiful and I loved it. I cried a lot in my final sitting of the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Adult/minor relationship

marslotus'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Infidelity, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Murder

janahy55's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Rape

a_novi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was an interesting take on some Greek mythology. I read it because of a blind recommendation and I will say it is not family friendly, it not only has quite a bit of in depth death and injury descriptions but also some sex scenes. Over all the battles and challenges along with the characters were interesting and the sex scenes were not too forced, detailed or cringey so overall I still found it pretty tasteful and enjoyable. But it is definitely not any story of Achilles one may be expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Murder, Slavery, War, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Sexual violence

2busyreading's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Animal death, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content and Child death

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, War, Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Emotional abuse

cnvth'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

I've always been invested in Greek myths so I really enjoyed this book and especially the take it has on the classics. You get an insight to queer love in the Greek myth realm so it's adventurous and really emotional for me at times. I connected to the main characters very well. I love the pacing and the writing style too, it captured my attention flawlessly as someone who has a hard time paying attention. I really recommend this if you're looking to hit a lot of boxes with this book it has everything I believe that makes it so intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Slavery, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

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

escape_to_reality's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book was a bit boring throughout, but i have been crying for an hour now after reading the ending. it was so perfectly done with the switching tense and him telling thetis the story, his memories. i havent cried like this over a book in years. both patroclus and achilles (especially achilles) are flawed, but achilles is painted so beautifully through patroclus love. the small details also brings it out, like the nickname skops and then achilles being described as an owl as well as briseis calling patroclus greatest of myrmidos

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

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