The Song of Achilles - Review

𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 by Madeline Miller

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing but the other.”

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say. He will be dead soon…” 😭😭😭

“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.” 😭😭😭😭😭

This book. THIS BOOK!! This has been on my TBR for a while and I’ve been avoiding it for the very reason that I love it. Because it broke me. When a book can break me, it’s an insta 5 stars. And even though my writer’s eye cringed every time the tense went from present to past…I loved every bit of this book.

This book filled me with longing, happiness, sadness, and hope. It’s told in the quiet voice of Patroclus, whom we meet as a scared little boy. A boy who grows to be an incredibly selfless man. A man of compassion. A man disgusted by war. A man who loves Achilles.

This book tells an epic love story, one that history refuses to tell. A story of two men bred for war. Two men whose fated companionship blends a beautiful friendship with everlasting love. The ending is obvious because it’s a famous tale. But the journey to the end is anything by obvious.

This book ripped my heart out, cut it into little pieces, and fed it back to me raw. I can’t stop thinking about it. I can’t stop talking about it. And I won’t stop recommending this book to any and everybody. Read. This. Book.

**𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 / 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝑮𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏, 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔**