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La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

88 reviews

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

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

lizy's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Outing, Sexism, and Alcohol

rose_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Loved this book. I love Greek Myths and I love the gods and the hero’s. But I must say this book is book is very historically accurate, in some places. The amount of murder, violence and violence against women is crazy and almost put me off the book. But the love between Achilles and Patroclus is honestly the only thing that makes me believe in love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Sexism

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

That shit hurted. So happy I didn't feel lost for not having had a Percy Jackson phase. Even with a dozen names being listed in any given chapter, I was able to understand who was who and what was going on.

I knew it was sad but somehow still was caught off guard when Briseis dubbed Patroclus the best of the Myrmidons. I would've gone fucking apeshit if Patroclus never got his name on the tomb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, War, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery

soleilnigro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

everywhere i looked i saw someone recommending this book or saying how much they loved it - i don't usually read hyped up books but i was interested to see if it actually was as good as people said.

i was able to finish it in about a week, i found it really easy to read and digest, though it was a learning curve figuring out the pronunciations of names! 

i found the book interesting and likeable, but i was disappointed to find that it wasn't nearly as emotional or shell-shocking as everyone made it seem to be. i didn't find myself very attached to any of the characters besides patroclus, i wish the book had a bit more reflection and emotionality. 

i did love the character deidameia even though she was only in a few pages, the way she was written was so expressive and cartoon-like, it really stuck out to me and made me wish she was a more important character. i loved how she was like a doll or child, she was probably one of the few characters that actually made me feel emotion. 

overall, as someone that doesn't read fantasy or have any knowledge on greek mythology - i enjoyed the book and found myself interested in whatever was going to happen next, but the book did not meet my expectations (which i... expected, lol). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

quejk25'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Outing, and Pregnancy

meadow_2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

onthelam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I had been in a reading slump and this book got me right out of it. this was exactly the type of book i love. Achilles did make me angry at quite a few points and even though i knew what was gonna happen it didn't drag. the writing was captivating and the main character was so real..i felt like i would do anything for him.

At the end though i was more distressed at the idea that Patroclus  might never rest in peace than the fact that he died.

overall,it played my emotions like a fiddle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism

a_rose1124's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment