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Le Chant d'Achille by Madeline Miller

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daringreader13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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captainoliimar's review against another edition

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

4.5

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pamelasoto's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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mermaidstears's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

so i didn't wanna give into the hype surrounding this book. i didn't wanna read it and hate it so i put it off for so long. but when i finally read it i feel in love. the writing is beautiful miss maddie really has a way with words. the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus was mwah beautiful chef's kisses obviously with its flaws. I cried at the ending like a baby i can't lie. i may end up rating this 5 stars in the future if i keep thinking about this book but for now it's 4.75. there were just a few aspects i felt were longed out. 

I can see why some wouldn't enjoy this or think it's soul-shattering and that's okay. I get it and feel like I'll never be complete again              
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maeverose's review against another edition

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Not for me. Plus it had a specific kind of gore that I personally can’t handle so no thnx (my fault for not checking content warnings first…)
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labello's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Though it fits the style and I understand what the author went for at times it does drag on a bit too much.

It is good, yes. and the writing is amazing but like idk. it didn't knock me out like everyone claimed it would. maybe the hype ruined this book for me. And though I knew how it would end because I was familiar with the actual legend I still couldn't help but feel like the ending was unsatisfactory.

  
also. seriously. why the fuck did patroclus fuck the girl or achilles wife I fucking guess. seriously why the fuck did he do that.
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archiedh's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

‘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.’

i am unwell
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books_and_rainydays's review against another edition

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

4.0

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_4reha's review against another edition

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

4.75

y’all this book is crazy good and so fucking beautiful, usually i dont care about books like song of achilles and thought i wouldn’t really like it but no, this was literally 🧑‍🍳💋 y’all need to go read it rn, just trust me on this cus i frl thought i wouldn’t like it or wtv but nah. 
the last few chapters though >>>> 💔
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jasminrain's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

For me this book didn't quite live up to the hype. I absolutely loved the first half of the book and really enjoyed the main characters, but the second half of the book about the war is just too long. There are too many side stories that might be historically/mythologically relevant, but are irrelevant and unnecessary to the actual storyline. I got bored. Overall the book is really quite good, I just think it lacks some focus. I was also expecting it to be way more emotional than it actually was based on other people's comments on it - there were 0 tears for me.
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