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This book is super beautiful!!!!!!! I thought Circe (first book of Madeline Miller that I've read) is good, but this one is incredible!!! Poetic, mesmerizing love story between Achilles and Patroclus. I never read anything about their relationship before so this book is very refreshing to me. The description of their haunting, tragic, but beautiful love story is in contrast with the cruelty, bloody, and chaotic war between Greeks and Trojans. And in the midst of it all, the arrogance of Achilles
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This book tells a well know story from a different perspective. It is exciting and heartbreaking all at once and definitely makes me want to read more about Greek mythology. I really recommend this book.
I have never really studied Greek mythology or Greek history, nor have I read the Iliad. I went into The Song of Achilles as though it were (essentially) an entirely original work of fiction in a fictional setting that I was unfamiliar with.
With no baggage of prior knowledge, I have to say that this is one of the best works of fiction that I have read/listened to in a very long time.
I should also note that I listened to this one as an audiobook and the narration is stellar.
With no baggage of prior knowledge, I have to say that this is one of the best works of fiction that I have read/listened to in a very long time.
I should also note that I listened to this one as an audiobook and the narration is stellar.
Jan 01, 2021
Alison
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This was a great read, I only wish I’d read it sooner after The Silence of the Girls.
Feb 17, 2019
Grace
marked it as to-read
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Mar 13, 2019
Emily
marked it as to-read
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Jun 28, 2020
Kelly
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it was amazing
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