109k reviews for:

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.35 AVERAGE

iines444's review against another edition

4.0

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fucked me up wtf madeline miller i love you and hate you at the same time

eastgirl88's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective 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

paniponi's review against another edition

4.0

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I read it for second time and it was awesome
OMG I wanna cry for these two

pani84's review against another edition

4.0

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I read it for second time and it was awesome
OMG I wanna cry for these two

angelreyna's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

jannimal's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

arnold68081's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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

zenreader9's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

mjgrega98's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional relaxing sad medium-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: Complicated

snoopcow's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A great novel for fans of the Iliad, but also the Iliad contains major spoilers. it's nice reading reworkings of classical fiction that acknowledge queer existence, however some of the characterisation was quite frustrating and at times quite shallow.