A review by bndean
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I gave it 5 stars because i think it's a perfect, beautiful book that everyone who can emotionally handle a tragedy should read at least once. I can't recommend it enough. But... I will probably never read it again, because I can't put myself through that again (affectionate)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Outing, Sexual harassment

both the main character, Patroclus, and his lover, Achilles, die gruesome deaths. and since the books is from Patroclus's POV you get to see the fallout of his death and achilles' deaths from his firsthand perspective as a ghost