I just finished reading "The Song of Achilles" and here are my thoughts (warning: long post):
The book is heart wrenching and heart breaking, especially the end. It's written very simply but it's very powerful and cried several times (I never cry while reading books). It is sad but gorgeous and I will definitely reread it again, it has become my new religion
EVERYONE HAS TO READ THIS BOOK, IT'S MAJESTIC ( warning: now I will begin to bitch)
Why tf does Achilles send Patroclus to fight instead of him?!?! PATROCLUS CANNOT FIGHT, THERE'S A WAR GOING ON, WHAT DO YOU MEAN. I've read versions of the myth, I know the story, but STILL!
Thetis is a homophobic bitch, Agamemnon is a prideful bitch
Fuck Pyrrhus
Achilles has pride issues
DESPITE WHAT EVERYONE SAYS, I think it's obvious that Patroclus is a bottom. I mean: he DOES NOT LIKE fighting, HE HEALS and BECOMES KNOWN FOR HEALING, he is CONTENT to watch Achilles be the best at everything and is chill with that, plus in tsoa I think Achilles starts every intimate interaction (apart from the first kiss at the beach). And yes, I KNOW THAT ACHILLES DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A GIRL but that's because THETIS FORCED HIM
DESPITE BEING A BOTTOM, PATROCLUS IS SUPER MANLY! He STOOD ON HIS KNEES and BEGGED Achilles, WHILE CRYING, to go back to battle! He goes to fight FOR Achilles when Achilles refuses (stupid bitch, did he not realise Patroclus would die!?!) and when he's about to be killed by Hector his last thought is how ACHILLES would feel when he finds out that Patroclus is dead.
I find it extremely ironic that both Achilles and Patroclus did not even think that Patroclus would die first, that Achilles would WANT death to be by his lover's side. In the book Patroclus states several times that he will die AFTER Achilles dies.
I AM NOW OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK!!! TELL ME WHERE TO FIND SIMILAR STUFF! people have suggested "Captive Prince" but I do not like rape and slavery, even if it does have a happy ending. I REALLY WANT SOMEONE TO MAKE A FILM BASED OFF TSOA, I WOULD WATCH THE SHIT OUT OF THAT! we already have a lot of Coming Out stories, and that's great, but I'm a little tired of them. Give me adventure and Greek mythology! IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND PATROCHILLES FANFICTION PLEASE TELL ME