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Madeline Miller: The Song of Achilles (2011, Bloomsbury) 4 stars

This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend …

Review of 'The song of Achilles' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Ohmygod it was so good. Thoughtful, and really strangely realistic for a superhero story. I guess it's magical realism.
damn, it lightened the mood in the last pages to imagine Thetis' bonding with her ghostly son-in-law like, "I love my dead gay son."