A review by deafchipmunk
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If perfection was a book, it would be this one.
Words can't explain how much I loved this book. It ripped out my heart countless times and made me sob like no other book has. I'm not even able to write a long review because of how speechless I am.
I ask of you one thing. READ THIS BOOK. NOW. I regret not reading this earlier so don't make the same mistake I did.

Easily ☆☆☆☆☆, one of the if not the best book I've read.

(1st reread)
My thoughts on this book haven't changed the slightest bit, if not I love everything this book has to offer even more.
I think for me this is a case where I'm going have to reread this several times to write a completed, structured review because I just can't find the right words to describe the brilliancy that makes up this book, and the world within it.
I'll just leave it at that for now, but fuck bro wtf this book has turned my mouth into a pile of mush I can't string any words together. This is what happens when you read something so amazing it exceeds your ability to write anything legible

(2nd reread)
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun.
Need I say more?