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The Song of Achilles
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Start date
March 1, 2021
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March 31, 2021
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Aily
Feb 20, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
ho appena finito questo libro. in questo esatto istante.
avete mai pensato al masochismo? esattamente, sul dizionario aggiungeranno la mia foto accanto a quella parola. insomma, sto piangendo.. per quale motivo? perché fa male. però fa anche bene.
leggere again and again di una delle storie d'amore più antiche fa male.. fa male perché ripercorri il dolore di achille, di patroclo, di entrambi prima e dopo la morte.
scusate per le parole, ma neottolemo mi ha sempre fatto girare i coglioni. insomma, l
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Yasmin
Jan 25, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Such a beautiful telling of Patroclus and Achilles lives, heart wrenching ending. I loved all the elements of Greek mythology, and the writing style was poetic.
Would have liked a little map to help me understand all the place names and king names a bit easier though!
Becks
Jan 27, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, mythology
Wonderful retelling of Homers Iliad from Patroclus perspective, Achilles closest companion and romantic partner. This book moved me deeply, not least because of miller's ability to interweave words into a poetic and beautiful narrative. ...more
Gianna
Mar 01, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
fuuuuck
Abriella
Jun 04, 2024 rated it it was amazing
5 stars. All i have to say is 5 stars. Before reading I saw reviews from people who were unimpressed with the book and I disagree with everything they said. I absolutely LOVED this book. Was it emotionally damaging? Yes. Did I cry? Yes. Was it completely worth every single second I spent reading it? Yes. It was.

As someone who loves Greek mythology, I was incredibly pleased to see that this book follows the myths closely as to how they are written. it is essentially a retelling of Homer’s, The I
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Mia
Jan 30, 2021 rated it liked it
3.75⭐️
Don’t get mad at me but I just didn’t find it as amazing as everyone else. I think the concept and the writing was all great it just was hyped up so much I didn’t feel the same excitement and connection as I believe I would’ve if I hadn’t heard anything about it. It took me a while to get into it but I did enjoy the last 150 or so pages and balled at the end, now i’m writing this it probably is very close to 4 stars for me😂
Érica Mattos
Jul 30, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2019
flori
Oct 03, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Paola Giselle
Jul 13, 2022 rated it really liked it
Kinnari
Aug 19, 2020 marked it as to-read
Kira Hotchkiss
Aug 19, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: unfinished
Martina
Feb 14, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Anna
Oct 21, 2020 marked it as to-read
Clotilde
Nov 04, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
tyler
Jan 03, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Belle
Dec 14, 2020 marked it as to-read
Georgia
Dec 18, 2020 marked it as to-read
alaya
Dec 22, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: pausiert, in-my-room
R.C
Jan 02, 2021 marked it as to-read
Kaitlyn  Zambrana
Jan 07, 2021 marked it as to-read
Marie Florence
Jan 10, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Dani
Feb 05, 2021 marked it as to-read
Khakshan Jahan
Dec 31, 2021 rated it liked it
Njema DeJong
Feb 20, 2021 marked it as to-read
Stacie Moore
Mar 04, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Ursa
Mar 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
Rebecca Goulbourne
Mar 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
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