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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
4.5
adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This is an incredible book. The prose is STUNNING — Madeline Miller has such a way with words, and her telling of the Iliad through Patroclus’s eyes was amazing. I love this story, and I always will, but the second read around dud point out to me that maybe it wasn’t the 5 star read I initially attributed it as. It was beautiful, but some of the storytelling was paced a little oddly, and the dialogue maybe a little awkward.