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4.5 stars. It took me over two weeks to read the first half of this book and an afternoon to finally finish it. Keeping up with the characters was a challenge at the really slow pace I started (most often, books on my Kindle are the few pages I read just before I fall asleep), especially since I'd forgotten most of what I learned of Greek mythology (I read the Iliad and the Odyssey in 10th grade ... 40 years ago!) I finally looked up the history of the Trojan War and read a short summary of the
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I read and absolutely loved Circe last year so I decided to pick this up -- despite one of my few actual memories of reading the Iliad being that I didn't really like it -- and it was great! I loved seeing the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles develop over time and getting to know the characters through the lens of their relationship. Madeline Miller is really talented in that kind of storytelling, and in making characters from classic works come to life in a truly compelling way. I wi
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Jun 23, 2020
Dana Berglund
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Very engaging reimagining of the events and people in the years leading up to and including the Trojan War. The Achilles we thought we knew from later stories is not the Achilles we see here, one who would do almost anything for his beloved companion, Patroclus. This book was *almost* enough to make me actually read The Iliad and the Aeneid.
Jun 13, 2019
Jen Hubbard
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If I hadn’t read Circe first I think this book would’ve blown me away. I love that both books give life to characters overlooked in mythology. It’s a great read, but it didn’t grab me like Circe.
Aug 27, 2022
Denise Cormaney
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Jul 15, 2019
s_evan
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