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She has a talent for retelling these stories so closely to. The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline MillerSet during the Greek Heroic Age it is an adaptation of Homers Iliad as told from the perspective of PatroclusThe.

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. A telling of the coming of age of Achilles and his companionfriendlover Patroclus from their early teens through the Trojan war. Before I dive into reviewing Madeline Millers The Song of Achilles I need to explain to you the rules of the. Her writing hooked me and her characters captured my heart.

The Song of Achilles Review. The Song of Achilles is a love story and Miller doesnt shy away from that fact. We follow Achilles and Patroclus from an uneasy childhood into friendship and finally a beautiful.

The Song of Achilles as the title suggests follows Achilless story but is told in the first-person perspective of Patroclus another figure of Greek mythology whoin later Greek. It is a retelling of the life of Achilles the Greek hero who plays a pivotal role in. 2019 - Down the River Unto the Sea Walter.

Cover courtesy of Kindle. BREACH OF PEACE LINKS. Madeline Miller really got me with The Song of Achilles.

Despite these inaccuracies the distinctive point of view and morals. The way Madeline Miller wrote this book made me forget that this was a fiction book and that the events that transpired between Patroclus and Achilles never actually. In the novel the author says that Apollo empowered an arrow to pierce through his armor and kill him.

The Song of Achilles is a book so raw and emotional that you lose yourself in the world of Ancient Greece. My review of the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. A deserved winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction this book is fabulous.

You resonate with the characters so much that the ending is even. The real Achilles heel of this book is tone one made disastrously worse by the authors decision to metamorphose an ancient story of heroes into a modern tale of hormones.

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