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A review by caitthebookworm
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
5.0
Beautiful and heart wrenching in a way that I will come back to for a long time.
So many of my friends have recommend this book and honestly all of Madeline Miller's works to the point that I was nervous to pick it up. But I am so glad I did.
I haven't studied the Greek Classics but I do enjoy mythology so I felt this was a good balance of trying to remain in the lines of the Iliad while also expanding on the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus.
I adored those two together, from growing up to studying together with Chiron, to going to Troy together. The little family they built in Troy was truly a ray of light in dark times.
But then the heartbreak, the way the end of this book had me sobbing at midnight. The line "when I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together" absolutely broke me in a way I won't recover from.
So many of my friends have recommend this book and honestly all of Madeline Miller's works to the point that I was nervous to pick it up. But I am so glad I did.
I haven't studied the Greek Classics but I do enjoy mythology so I felt this was a good balance of trying to remain in the lines of the Iliad while also expanding on the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus.
I adored those two together, from growing up to studying together with Chiron, to going to Troy together. The little family they built in Troy was truly a ray of light in dark times.
But then the heartbreak, the way the end of this book had me sobbing at midnight. The line "when I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together" absolutely broke me in a way I won't recover from.