A review by redcephei
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

3.5

The book is written beautifully and I appreciated the accessible retelling of Ancient Greek mythology. I liked the idea of the place of competence and kindness. Achilles and Patroclus were believably flawed as their best qualities doubled as their worst. The romance was cute but largely unbelievable and lacking depth until the end where it gets more complicated. I would have liked at least a little more about what they liked in each other non-physically especially what Achilles saw in Patroclus. He was largely useless up until the last 25% where he develops a personality outside of his relationship despite being the narrator. There are other things here and there that docked points but overall enjoyable