111k reviews for:

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.35 AVERAGE

hotsauce's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

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If you want a story about gay Greek boys, this is the book for you.

Be prepared to cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Outing, War

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts

gmroeder's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wish it was longer so that there is more to enjoy 

heycomrade's review against another edition

5.0

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“In the darkness two shadows reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”

This book made me, tore me down and put me back together again. Just beautiful.

and_andria's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

brillian's review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

kyrajane's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melcolburn89's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

lauracwills's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

bellasbingebooks's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cask_of_amontillado's review against another edition

4.0

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