A review by igloo1415
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

3.0

kinda disappointed after all the hype for this book. overall the writing itself was beautiful which is where all the stars come from and i was interested during some of the parts but i never had the i cant put this down feeling. maybe like a 'im tired of binge watching degrassi so im just gonna keep reading' feeling but never like i was sucked in. it was honestly really really boring. i felt like i developed no connection to either patroclus or achilles whatsoever so the little tragedy at the end did nothing for me. i was deadass skipping pages like i just wanted to be done. and like ik the love between them is pretty much the whole point of the book but i also just didnt really care. it was very much these bitches gay good for them the whole time. also not to sound uppity but i thought we all knew the story of achilles so again the ending was not as tragic as everyone made it seem. but i did like the little part at the end where patroclus remembers who achilles really was bc that was nice to end with a less negative view on achilles. anyways 3/5