Disclaimer: Contains spoilers. Kinda.

I could recognise him by touch alone, by smell. I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.

Those who have read the Greek mythology of Achilles and Patroclus, would know what this book has in store.
I knew, from the start what's in store.
When I first read the myth of Achilles and Patroclus ages ago, it was just plain words, oh, that's how it went, nothing more.
No emotions.

The way Madeline Miller worded this story however, poetically and beautifully written, told from the POV of Patroclus, seeing the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus bloomed despite all that happened, it gave a sense of attachment and love for the characters.
I knew what happened, but part of me was still screaming, I just wanted them to be happy together.

The sentence that broke me and had me sobbing hard at 2am:
[Achilles]"When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together".
The dams broke, and the tears came flowing.

They never told each other "I love you" but every action, every thought, every decision they ever made, every moment, was more than enough to show how deep their love is for each other.

He is half of my soul, as the poets say.

But thankfully, Madeline Miller gave us what we yearned, their happiness, together, not in this life, but beyond. And I cannot thank her so much, for it soothed my soul.

...and the marks she has made on the stone. ACHILLES, it reads. And beside it, PATROCLUS.
'Go,' she says. 'He waits for you.'

In the dark was, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spils in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.

My heart.
Devastatingly painful, yet exceptionally emotional.
I loved every second, every pain, every heartbreak, every smile and every moment that transpired. 
5 stars. 
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Disclaimer:
Those who hated the book saying it's not accurate to the myths, stay mad. If I want to read the myth, I'd read the myth and facts. 
If I want to read a beautiful story woven inspired by the tragic events of Greek mythology, I'll pick a Madeline Miller book.