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A review by pungello
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
5.0
Beautiful prose, beautiful retelling of a well known story, and another of my favorite things I’ve ever read. Even if you know Achilles’ and Patroclus’ story it will not save you from how deftly Madeline Miller manages to knife you in the gut with it. It’s rare that books are so pretty to read and satisfying when you finish them, 10/10.
The reviews saying it’s slow or uninteresting or mary sue-y (the characters are literally archetypes trapped in the confines of the same story as it’s been for forever????) feel like they’ve been left by folks who probably shouldn’t have picked this one up in the first place.
The reviews saying it’s slow or uninteresting or mary sue-y (the characters are literally archetypes trapped in the confines of the same story as it’s been for forever????) feel like they’ve been left by folks who probably shouldn’t have picked this one up in the first place.