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The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

Start date: March 1, 2021

Finish date: March 31, 2021

Discussion: 2021 Monthly Group Reads

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Feb 06, 2020 Lydia Presley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020

I read Circe a few weeks ago. That made me immediately request The Song of Achilles from my library. After finishing it last night I can officially say that I'm a fan.

I've been waiting for years to find novels that do justice to the beautiful stories of Greek legend. Miller not only updates these stories for current times, she does so in a way that doesn't lose the heart of the stories.

I don't have much more to say about it. I'm just a huge fan and the hype that Miller gets is completely deserve ...more

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Jun 06, 2019 Jess rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019

I enjoyed this book a lot, simply as a piece of storytelling - the characters are compelling, the plot moves quickly, the writing is beautiful. As a translation / interpretation of myth, it's perfect.

However, I had a nagging annoyance in the back of my brain the entire time I was reading it due to how neatly Miller's romance falls in to modern tropes of gay love - love despite everything trying to keep the characters apart, disapproving parents, a 'nobody' character in love with the perfect jock ...more

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Apr 15, 2021 Joanne rated it it was amazing

I wasn't expecting to cry. This was the end of a book journey for me and it cut me. I'm glad I didn't start here, but ended, and ended up still loving the greek journey.
Again - lost myself in the story and angry and frustrated. Amazing ...more

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Nov 29, 2018 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-recommend, 2018

As a "Latin scholar," we translated the Iliad... or at least the first few pages of it. Having loved my Latin teacher, I was thrilled to learn of this story written by a Classics teacher and I was not disappointed. This story showed so much love for the characters of Patroclus and Achilles that the reader has no choice to do the same. ...more

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