r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/shawak456 13d ago

he only decided to go back to war when his lover Patroclos was killed by Hector

I just put down "The Song of Achilles" half way through because I was finding it extremely bland. No depth in the Central relationship nor in the characters, no subtlety, only forced melodrama, and this spoiler makes it sure that I'm done with this novel.

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u/My_Mind_Is_In_Clouds 13d ago

I don't really care for 'The Song of Achilles' but the fact you didn't know about Patroclus getting killed kind of amazes me, cause where I live it's part of school curriculum while learning about the ancient literature, I'm just surprised

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u/shawak456 13d ago

I'm from India, and we were not taught Greek mythology in school, or not enough for me to remember it.

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u/My_Mind_Is_In_Clouds 13d ago

That's understandable of course, sorry if I came off weird. If you didn't like SOA I can recommend original Illiad if you like long poems and suchalike, it's quite cool even though the language is funny and old sometimes. It does live up to its fame in my opinion

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u/shawak456 13d ago

Nah, it's fine. Aren't we all weird in some way or another? And thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out.