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Hope Madeline Miller is ready to pay for my very exspensive therapy.
Here is my Spotify Playlist!
~ Rating- 3.5 stars~
Content/ Trigger Warnings- Abduction, Abandonment, Blood depictions, Child abuse, Death, Human sacrificing, Human trafficking, Murder, Physical violence, Plague (mentioned, graphic), Rape (mentioned), Self-harm (on page), Slavery, Torture, War
-No mention of these in the review-
Note- I have not read The Illiad.
The Song of Achilles is a book that is extremely hyped up. For the past several months, it showed u ...more
“Name one hero who was happy.”
~ Rating- 3.5 stars~
Content/ Trigger Warnings- Abduction, Abandonment, Blood depictions, Child abuse, Death, Human sacrificing, Human trafficking, Murder, Physical violence, Plague (mentioned, graphic), Rape (mentioned), Self-harm (on page), Slavery, Torture, War
-No mention of these in the review-
Note- I have not read The Illiad.
The Song of Achilles is a book that is extremely hyped up. For the past several months, it showed u ...more
No one will dare to tell me Achilles and Patroclus were 'good friends'
they loved each other so much and so purely
I'm gonna cryyy ...more
they loved each other so much and so purely
I'm gonna cryyy ...more
4.5/5 stars
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
I am….speechless. Unfortunately, I still did not cry during this book, but I am still sad.
As your local picky-ass reader, I hereby declare this book worthy of all the hype it gets.
Okay, Okay, you might be wondering why this is not a five star book, and I will get to that, but I mostly want to talk about ...more
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
I am….speechless. Unfortunately, I still did not cry during this book, but I am still sad.
As your local picky-ass reader, I hereby declare this book worthy of all the hype it gets.
Okay, Okay, you might be wondering why this is not a five star book, and I will get to that, but I mostly want to talk about ...more
Well everyone said I'd be pretty much broken by the end
Am i? NOpe (view spoiler)
this did made me feel things like right now though i have no idea what im feeling ...more
Am i? NOpe (view spoiler)
this did made me feel things like right now though i have no idea what im feeling ...more
“Name one hero who was happy."
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous and happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it”
When I first heard that The Song of Achilles was a "version of the Illiad", I was nervous about how Miler would retell the story, ...more
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous and happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it”
When I first heard that The Song of Achilles was a "version of the Illiad", I was nervous about how Miler would retell the story, ...more
sad...sad...sad
Set in Ancient Greece, with an enormous burden of a dangerous prophecy... Achilles is meant to be the greatest of the Greeks but his glory will be short lived as he's foreseen to die in the hands of Hector in the Trojan War. Achilles and his companion, Patroclus, fight all odds together to find peace but the Fates have a different story for them...
*not me crying every time I think of the book*
Good read!!
EDIT**
Time to be honest though- it was also slow paced, a bit ancient and kind ...more
Set in Ancient Greece, with an enormous burden of a dangerous prophecy... Achilles is meant to be the greatest of the Greeks but his glory will be short lived as he's foreseen to die in the hands of Hector in the Trojan War. Achilles and his companion, Patroclus, fight all odds together to find peace but the Fates have a different story for them...
*not me crying every time I think of the book*
Good read!!
EDIT**
Time to be honest though- it was also slow paced, a bit ancient and kind ...more
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