The Song of Achilles

It reads like an epic - a fairy tale - in the best way.
I loved the main character and I loved falling in love with the hero through him.
There is so much heartache in watching the hero grow from boy to man and watching him lose his humanity to his pride, only to be reminded that he is startlingly, heartbreakingly human in his grief.
I was unprepared for the amount of mentioned sexual assault in this story, particularly as the men often treat it as a given and accepted normal reality. Definite trigger warning on that.
I cried my eyes out by the end and there are many beautiful and aching passages in the book. Worth a read.