Langley D’s Reviews > The Song of Achilles > Status Update
Langley D
is on page 256 of 408
I think that. An emphasis on Cycles of Violence, There’s Nothing New Under the Sun, Only Slight Variations on the Same Theme— that works best if you’re at extreme ends of the occurrence spectrum. As in. Either there’s a Central Moment where the plot is brought to bear on itself, or again and again and again *everything* is revealed as a reflection of some past or future event. Miller committed to the latter.
— Feb 19, 2026 08:14AM
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Langley D
is on page 299 of 408
She’s KILLING me with the meter!!!!!! She’s KILLING me with it!!!
— Feb 21, 2026 09:18AM
Langley D
is on page 188 of 408
Rounding thru ch 16 once more. Madeline my advice to you is start running. I am coming up behind you with a hatchet. Run bitch
— Feb 14, 2026 01:03PM
Langley D
is on page 184 of 408
Hit the tonal shift in the middle and started googling which translation of the iliad is best to start with as if that’s a viable coping strategy at all
— Feb 14, 2026 11:12AM
Langley D
is on page 109 of 408
Patroclus I am afraid you are painfully dear to me
— Feb 12, 2026 09:59AM
Langley D
is on page 37 of 408
I am reading this again I do not gaf. Noting that she is really committing to the use of the epic rhythm here…I only noticed it in the last third of the book on read 1 but it’s like, kinda whenever an Important Object Symbol or Theme is introduced, those syllables line right up so cleanly. Great stuff. Also the mirroring of images in the first couple chapters and last third is. Whew! Powerful!
— Feb 11, 2026 06:59PM
Langley D
is on page 369 of 408
I have finished. Which is to say I have been gutted like a fish and left to die in the sun. Very beautiful work you have done here Madeline Miller but at what a cost it was you did it. Christ
— Feb 08, 2026 08:46PM
