Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

110 reviews

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

 it's hard to ignore that the original myths weren't matching the modern homoerotic exclusive twist Madeline gave it. 
this isn't heartstopper, and Achilles isn't really that morally great by today standarts(I mean didn't he raped several woman in the OG?) so I kinda feel like we should've also seen that instead of suger coating it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, Death, Murder, Animal death, Gore, Classism, Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment

leo_slays's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

abbs15norm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Body horror

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Child death, and Homophobia

oldladysadie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Blood

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This is definitely my new favorite book. I never cried over a book so much. This deserves all of the five stars and then some. This is beautifully written and I would do anything to read it for the first time again. Madeline Miller did an amazing job on this retelling and I would recommend it to anyone.

The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus was amazing which lead to their demises in the end.

 Again I cried so much even though I knew what happened…. I can’t say this enough how much I love this book and I love how it written. 10/10 would recommended.😭✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Classism, Medical content, Violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Grief

megan_j's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

I thought people were exaggerating when they said how sad this book was - THEY WERENT. Very rarely does a book make me cry but this one did the trick, and also kept me up all night. It is literally the saddest thing ever. The end of this book really saved it for me, all the way through I was floating between a 4 and 4.5 rating simply because there are SO MANY CHARACTERS. And they have SO MANY different names, and I get that it’s all the mythology and stuff but I found it sooo hard to keep track at times and who I should actually be keeping track of and who is going to important to the story that I need to remember later on. Overall it was beautifully written with wonderful characters. Read if you want to cry!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, War, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 8/10. Pretty gay. I know the story of Achilles pretty well which made all of the foreshadowing lines very nice. I didn't know how involved Thetis was in the story. I liked how Achilles, who could be easily seen as arrogant and haughty, was portrayed as a rounded person from Patroclus' point of view. Overall, I liked it but I wouldn't say it's an instant favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Outing, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

_maygen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

Miller’s writing is so lyrical and divine. Her ability to effortlessly pass through time made reading this novel so fluent. Lots of emotions after finishing this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Medical content, Blood, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content and Grief

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, and Sexual assault

fernanda_22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Trafficking, Blood, Death, Murder, War, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Self harm