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This book was a beautifully written lyrical story about 2 men who loved each other very deeply and it just happened to take place during a war . This story was so touching I felt for these characters I hated with them, I loved with them , I fought with them, I got angry with them and I was happy with them. Even though these characters supposedly lived thousands of years ago and some were fictional they were extremely real to me. I really liked this book and I recommend to anyone who wants to rea
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Recasting Achilles and Patrochlus as gay lovers is a ballsy move to update the Trojan War for a modern audience, but Miller falls hopelessly short in conveying any sense of the intimacy, physicality or sheer attraction between the two (tellingly, there are a couple of book-ended heterosexual love scenes where there is much more detail; it is as if Miller is saying our Homeric boys are gay, but not that gay ...)
The most rounded and interesting characters in this are the gods, especially Thetis .. ...more
The most rounded and interesting characters in this are the gods, especially Thetis .. ...more
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This is my second read, and it hurt just as much as the first. ...more
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