109k reviews for:

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.35 AVERAGE

munchvat's review against another edition

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I will be finishing this book at some point, but the last time I picked this up and read a little bit, I could feel myself falling asleep a little. The author is an amazing writer and I love the book, I just couldn’t really get into the story. I do want to pick it back up soon and finish it though!

marissamc's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

sagewojo's review against another edition

4.0

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Really loved the imagery in the writing and story, sweet ending. The first 60% of the book was a little hard to want to keep picking up the book.

purple_prose's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

majvh's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ednaa_tovaar's review against another edition

3.0

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I really thought I would like this more :,) it was a captivating story, but I never felt like I completely connected to the characters— and thus could not really feel for their tragedies. The writing style and focus made it hard to picture images in my head and so I could not “see” how this story played out. Despite the story being from Patroclus’ point of view, by the end of the book I still didn’t have a clear picture of what Achilles looked like ;-; there was also a few plot holes (*thetis’ debt?)

gwiley02's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aoife_dunne's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

alex_leo_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-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

rsherlock's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes