A review by lubellwoo
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

5.0

To an erstwhile Classics student and Greek Mythology enthusiast like me, Madeline Miller's debut novel is a total delight. She brings peripheral characters and details of The Iliad to the forefront of her story, fleshing out the rise and fall of the titular hero with unflinching honesty. Patroclus, in his role as narrator, is an unassuming everyman threading his way through all these titans of myth. His voice is so moving and specific. Miller approaches the source text with reverence, and the result of her expansion is a version of the epic saga that grounds itself in the modern understandings of love, pride, family, and society.