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A review by ellaira
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
5.0
Rating: 90% (4.5 stars)
It has been a long time since a book has made me cry, but this one got me really bad, even though I knew it was coming. I relate so much to Patroclus and I'm very glad that the story was told through his point of view. He isn't incredibly talented and is overshadowed by Achilles most of the time, but this genuinely doesn't bother him. This allows the story to stay focused on human relationships, despite the mythology that is in it. Miller really made the story her own, and used the parts of the myths (which are, at times, quite contradictory) that best suited her purposes and did not try to force material, and yet still stayed quite true. It reminds me a bit of how Maggie Stiefvater uses myths in her books. I would definitely recommend to anyone who likes mythology.
It has been a long time since a book has made me cry, but this one got me really bad, even though I knew it was coming. I relate so much to Patroclus and I'm very glad that the story was told through his point of view. He isn't incredibly talented and is overshadowed by Achilles most of the time, but this genuinely doesn't bother him. This allows the story to stay focused on human relationships, despite the mythology that is in it. Miller really made the story her own, and used the parts of the myths (which are, at times, quite contradictory) that best suited her purposes and did not try to force material, and yet still stayed quite true. It reminds me a bit of how Maggie Stiefvater uses myths in her books. I would definitely recommend to anyone who likes mythology.