The Song of Achilles

ByMadeline Miller

Release Date: 2012-03-06
Genre: LGBTQIA+ Romance

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 6,066 Ratings

Description

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”
—Ann Patchett

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War.

A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.

Reviews

Such a wonderful book
5
By frezza in the vi
Heartbreaking and beautiful
Gut wrenching and wonderful
5
By yari418
Just go read jt. I sobbed from start to finish.
Wow
5
By ceci.cierra
My heart aches
amazing
5
By Sogrwat
while it took me long to read. this book was a very good read. you could feel the emotions and see why the author so well described. this is my favorite book so far.
my greek empire
5
By The Suki Bear
this book is my everything now. i cried so much and i love it, i will continue to read it again and again, it has its inaccuracies and mischaracterization but i can move past that since its a retelling
Wow
5
By Ryth3Gr8
This is so well written I will remember this book for the rest of my life
Beautiful and Engrossing
5
By stevie8
I barely remember my mythology but this novel brought it back to life and engaged me in a way other novels have not. Beautifully-written with not one false note. Well-worth your time.
A triumph
5
By lillinares
An absolute tour de force. Incredible to think this is Miller’s debut novel.
Reread
5
By theghostofstanley
Cried AGAIN ugh I love this book
DNF
1
By Jsjdkskdn
I enjoyed reading how well the author wrote the first 80 something pages of this book.
But was it really necessary to write a graphic scene of two children? Like was that not something that could be glossed over or hinted at.
I was js uncomfortable. Ruined the book for me.