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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
3.0

I know that this is an unpopular opinion but I really didn't care for this one. Our book club's theme for April was Mythology and after all the hype surrounding this book I thought it would be a great one to check off my TBR and read to discuss with everyone. 

To tell you how absolutely little I know about Greek Mythology..I thought Achilles was a woman. #sorrynotsorry - spoiler alert, he's not. Not at all. 

This is following the friendship and relationship between Patroclus and Achilles before, during, and after Troy. 

The two of them have a beautiful relationship and the writing of this novel is beautiful albeit it's very slow in the beginning. I personally found myself not wanting to pick up the book and struggling to make myself finish it. Towards the end I had to listen to the audio to just finish it and move on. So, while there were parts that I enjoyed I just think I'm not the overall audience for this type of story and I'm alright with that. I will give Circe ago but I won't be too overly devastated if I have to DNF it and move on.