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ASIN : 1408891387
Uitgever : Bai; 1e editie (27 september 2017)
Taal : Engels
Paperback : 368 pagina's
ISBN-10 : 9781408891384
ISBN-13 : 978-1408891384
Afmetingen : 19.7 x 2.8 x 13.2 cm

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The god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air - as if to send dandelions flying, to push toy boats over water. And the arrow flies, straight and silent, in a curving, downward arc towards Achilles' back.<br/>Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, the boys develop a tender friendship, a bond which blossoms into something deeper as they grow into young men.<br/>But when Helen of Sparta is kidnapped, Achilles is dispatched to distant Troy to fulfil his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.<br/>

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Het boek is fan-tas-tisch! hoe de wereld toen der tijd is omschreven is prachtig. Geen enkel detail is te veel. Ik ben helemaal verliefd geworden op de karakters in dit boek. Helaas heb ik niet de mooie harp op de blauwe voorkant gekregen, maar de rode. Het gaat om de binnenkant niet om de buitenkant, maar het is toch fijn dat je weet wat je krijgt als je dit besteld.

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Hou echt zo veel van dit boek. Ik ben geen persoon die boeken opnieuw leest, maar ik zal deze waarschijnlijk meerdere keren in mijn leven lezen. ZÓ mooi geschreven, ik hou van de schrijfstijl en blijk ook iedere keer terugkomen naar de delen die in geannoteerd heb.

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this book is amazing! i really don't have much to say except that you should buy this book. it broke me, healed me and then broke me again but holy f- it's so good. i love it. 11/10

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My favorite book so far

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Haven’t finished it yet but so far love it. Have been rooting for the main characters since the beginning. Such an emotional rollercoaster but definitely worth the read

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The storytelling, the style and the chosen point of view are fantastic. This book surprised me massively (and my expectations were already high, so imagine) - and it's in my top 3 of best books ever. A masterpiece imo, and impressive that she rewrote the Illias in such a grand but still intimate way.
Applause for Miller.

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I’m going to assume that you’re familiar with the Iliad because it’s been out a while, so, Spoilers, I guess?

The Song of Achilles is a retelling, one which takes the myth and runs with it. Here Achilles really is the son of a sea nymph, he is trained by a centaur, and gods play their part in the lives of man.

I used to know my Classics a lot better that I do now - Roger Lancelyn Green’s books were a staple of my childhood library - so this was a book which unfolded for me. I remembered each plot point as we hit it, so I’m entirely the wrong person to ask if it makes any logical sense. It probably doesn’t. It certainly could have done a better job of selling ancient motivations to a modern audience.

The story is told by Patroclus, a prince and, when he begins this story, unlikely candidate for Helen’s hand in marriage. I am super here for a room full of men deciding what will happen to a teenage girl, as you can imagine. This is a male story, though, and Miller doesn’t attempt to change that.

However, when Patroclus inadvertently kills another boy, he is exiled to the court of Peleus where he falls swooningly in love with Mary Sue Achilles, who’s super perfect at everything (as one expects from a demi-god). Thetis, Achilles’ mother, really hates Patroclus. The boys go off to learn things on a mountain. They are swoonily swoony. They come back. Thetis hates Patroclus. Then she hides Achilles because she doesn’t want him to go to Troy as he will be killed.

Once the war actually begins, a good half way through the book, things improve, in part because there’s actually things happening. There is air of inexorability to the whole thing which really gets into its stride in the last third as we make the drive towards what is fated to happen (and we’re no longer reading rambling scenes about how swoony teenage Achilles is).

When Miller hits the predetermined narrative events, she’s good. When she’s making her own way between, she’s… less good.

For a book which treats the gods as real, there’s an awful lot of “something’s happening because the gods are displeased” conversations, followed by “here’s the solution to that” conversations. Obviously there’s no one correct version of many of the myths, but sometimes Miller takes the path of most boredom, such as the demand for the sacrifice of Iphigenia. Apollo’s appearance on the walls of Troy especially charmed me, so the omission of the gods involvement in other ways, even as a background, felt disappointing.

I am also critical of the characterisation. Odysseus is great, true, but everybody else? Eh.

Achilles lives his whole life chained to the prophecies made about him, but whatever this does to him remains unexplored. He’s just some guy. Admittedly one who is super good at everything and jolly good looking. And when we’re reading the narrative of a boy, then man, who is in love with him, I’d really have preferred to grasp the appeal.

Thetis is especially poorly done. Like her son she is chained to the pronouncements of the Fates, but here she is a pure JustNoMil. She’s such a central figure in the original myth - the Trojan war begins because of a prophecy made about her: the son of Thetis will be greater than his father, hence “marriage” to Peleus, hence somebody not doing the invitations right, hence golden apple etc etc etc

I was also unreasonably annoyed that Miller chooses to not use the one thing everybody knows about our demi-god: that he really should have invested in some foot armour. Google assures me Homer doesn’t include the story of Thetis’s attempt to make her son invulnerable and immortal, but Homer doesn’t include Achilles’ death, either. Or the romantic relationship between him and Patroclus. It felt like a massive oversight rather than a deliberate decision.

The beginning was interesting if not grippy. Then it got a bit dull. Then a bit duller. Then, by the end, it was very good indeed. I don’t rule out reading Circe, Miller’s second full length novel, but I could just as easily not. Overall?

3 stars

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H J Mac

I can't gush enough about this book.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 28 juli 2018

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OMG, I held my breath for the second half of this book. My memory of the events was enough to know what had to happen, but that simply doesn't spoil a thing.
She's managed to take everything we know of the story from the existing texts and build a world that is thoroughly absorbing and beautiful. It's a story of epic soul binding love, so beautifully rendered.
I really enjoyed how there was no modern lens put onto the story. She just tells it. Ideas and concepts that mean something to us would have been meaningless to the ancients, and behaviours we find unacceptable were normal. So some bits are difficult, there's human sacrifice, and slavery including sexual slavery, but nothing is gratuitous or too graphic.
Just read it it's beautiful.

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Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 25 augustus 2016

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A very short review, I'm afraid. Not worthy of this book.

Does this count as historical, or mythological, or pure fantasy? Don't care - brilliant, brilliant book. It was positively painful to read it if I'm honest but I couldn't put it down. One of those books that I felt a true and consuming sense of loss for a few days after reading it. Recommended to EVERYONE.

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Trish Pea

I wasn't looking forward to reading this book

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 11 oktober 2018

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I didn't choose to read this book. It was chosen for me as a book-club read. I don't like books about mythology (school in the 1960s put me off for life.) Or ancient history, or wars in any period of history, apart from maybe the two world wars. So, I bought this book with trepidation, not knowing what to expect. I didn't quite believe all the good reviews, and thought I would hate it.

I actually loved it. This is a beautifully-written, very descriptive book. It was easy to read, and a real page turner. I felt that I learned a lot about ancient Greece and the Trojan war. I can't fully remember the story of Achilles from school (it has been erased from my memory, along with Jason and the Argonauts, and the Minotaur) but I loved this re-telling and couldn't put the book down. The simple, striking cover is beautiful too and I would thoroughly recommend this book. A wonderful read.

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Phyllis May

Poignant, intelligent and readable. One of my top 5 books of all time

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 8 november 2017

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This is one of my favourite books of all time. I've actually got quite a few copies and just purchased the new classic cover release because it's beautiful. This story is a re-telling and very readable version of a classic myth from the Illiad. Miller's prose breathes life and very relatable romance into this myth in a way that will grip you. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who loves greek myths, to people studying classics and to people who ever wondered how long men have been loving men. Its a real work of art and one that's so easy to read again and again. It's also a great time to re-read miller because she's about to release her second book (FINALLY). Also Miller knows what she's talking about and her work is heavily researched and intelligent so for all those hoping it's not a sloppy mistelling of a Greek myth- it's absolutely not. I wish i could read it for the first time again.

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