Really excited to be reading the new historical novel by Orange prize winner Madeline Miller 'The Song of Achilles'.
As I am embarking on myth studies in September I should really read the Illiad first but I have made the fatal mistake of just reading a few chapters...now I'm hooked.
I can't describe how much I enjoyed this book, despite being sadly ignorant of the Iliad on which the story is based. It kept me gripped from start to finish ( with my tissues) even though some of the linguistic style wasn't really something I would have said was my thing I fell in love with the characters and the tale and was so sad when the book ended. I can only hope that the author's take on the Odyssey is as good.
