The whole book is about Patroclus admiring his Achilles. But I fell in love with Patroclus more. What a beautifully written book. Such talent is so admirable and is a blessing to this world. I'm excited to read Circe next. 💗
I DIED!!! So glad I found this talk because she's answered both of my questions I asked on Goodreads: why she decided to make Patroclus and Achilles the same age as equals and if she's ever experienced grief over fictional characters. Both answers blew me away! I did not expect the ease with which she found references that A & P were not in a pedorastic relationship! And also I really didn't expect she'd had such a huge emotional involvement herself (comes as no surprise when you consider the TEN years invested in the novel and her general love of classics since 5), causing her to grieve their deaths! I grieved them too and for a few days I was just depressed and couldn't move on!! So grateful for this book and these talks!
As a lover of Ulysses by James Joyce, my favorite book, I did not think I would ever read something as compelling: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is such a book. I walked around for days struck by its beauty. Sentences stopped me and I cried before reading the next paragraph. So many centuries critics have missed the central story of the Iliad: Achilles loved Patroclus. Our blindness is spectacular. Thank you Madeline for your courage and poetry to tell this story.
One of the greatest romance merged with classics novel I've read! I absolutely adored every chapter and every event in this novel was just as momentous as the previous and I have a few chapters left to finish but I know the ending and I just know I'll burst into tears. The Song of Achilles is a novel that stays with the origins of Homer's Iliad but twists it with Patroclus' and Achilles' relationship so nicely and it's just such a lovely novel!
i find it hard to read and understand greek mythology. but i am beyond grateful to have read song of achilles. it left a hole inside my heart, it was so beautifully written. i understood it easily and followed through the story even though i have very limited knowledge of the mythology. i finished the book yesterday, and i think i will still be thinking of it forever. there is much more i want to say to this book, i just can’t seem to put it into words. it is one of the best books i’ve ever read. the feeling it left me, still remains. you are a wonder miss madeline miller. i am now reading circe! ❤️
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i finished the entire book in a day and now there's a gaping hole inside of me
She is so brilliant, and The Song of Achilles is spectacular
The whole book is about Patroclus admiring his Achilles. But I fell in love with Patroclus more. What a beautifully written book. Such talent is so admirable and is a blessing to this world. I'm excited to read Circe next. 💗
You can tell she’s a teacher from how she speaks. And I love it
"This and this and this..." so beautiful.
“For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty?”
I DIED!!! So glad I found this talk because she's answered both of my questions I asked on Goodreads: why she decided to make Patroclus and Achilles the same age as equals and if she's ever experienced grief over fictional characters. Both answers blew me away! I did not expect the ease with which she found references that A & P were not in a pedorastic relationship! And also I really didn't expect she'd had such a huge emotional involvement herself (comes as no surprise when you consider the TEN years invested in the novel and her general love of classics since 5), causing her to grieve their deaths! I grieved them too and for a few days I was just depressed and couldn't move on!! So grateful for this book and these talks!
I finished "The Song of Achilles" a few days ago and absolutely loved it. I can't even explain how much this book moved me. Thank you Madeline Miller.
As a lover of Ulysses by James Joyce, my favorite book, I did not think I would ever read something as compelling: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is such a book. I walked around for days struck by its beauty. Sentences stopped me and I cried before reading the next paragraph. So many centuries critics have missed the central story of the Iliad: Achilles loved Patroclus. Our blindness is spectacular. Thank you Madeline for your courage and poetry to tell this story.
I cried at the end. I feel that I could keep on reading about the two men, their friendship and loyalty is all any of us wish for.
Me:
One of the greatest romance merged with classics novel I've read! I absolutely adored every chapter and every event in this novel was just as momentous as the previous and I have a few chapters left to finish but I know the ending and I just know I'll burst into tears. The Song of Achilles is a novel that stays with the origins of Homer's Iliad but twists it with Patroclus' and Achilles' relationship so nicely and it's just such a lovely novel!
Madeline Miller is not mortal, she is divine! How can a human being create something so beautiful as "The Song of Achilles"?
Name one fan of Song Of Achilles who is happy
When she was reading I didn't want her to stop, I could listen to that the whole day.
My heart is broken into a million pieces. I want to love and be loved like Achilles and Patroclos. Damn that last chapter.
i find it hard to read and understand greek mythology. but i am beyond grateful to have read song of achilles. it left a hole inside my heart, it was so beautifully written. i understood it easily and followed through the story even though i have very limited knowledge of the mythology. i finished the book yesterday, and i think i will still be thinking of it forever. there is much more i want to say to this book, i just can’t seem to put it into words. it is one of the best books i’ve ever read. the feeling it left me, still remains. you are a wonder miss madeline miller. i am now reading circe! ❤️
This book is perfect, in fact is my favourite book ever:)
I've read this book 3 times, loving it more each time. The love that she painted is a gift. The first line she read is highlighted in my book.
Can't wait to read Circe :D