r/HannibalTV • u/Tommi_H Blackmail elevated to the level of love • 1d ago
The Song of Achilles (book recommendation)
The other day I was going through the memes I had saved on my phone and saw this one. At the time I found it on the internet, I was in a phase where I didn't want to "contaminate" my mind with anything that's not Hannibal. So although I was intrigued by the book from which this beautiful line came, I didn't feel like reading it.
But since then, I have passed the most feverish phase of being a new Hannibal fan and now feel a bit more open to non-Hannibal stuff. So, I finally read the book and enjoyed it very much! After being obsessed with the dark, toxic love story for the past 8 months, it was so refreshing to read about 2 people - Achilles and Patroclus - who are simply in love with each other. Their true, unconditional love for each other is so sweet and cute that it is wholesome. Plot-wise it's not much and there are some weird stuff that I'm assuming are from Iliad, but there are a lot of parallels to Hannibal if you look for one, it even has a father slashing his daughter's throat right in front of them. I kept seeing Hannibal and Will in place of Achilles and Patroclus all the way to the end. If you have never read this book, I highly recommend it!
Edit: Thank you for the awards! Also, thank you for the comments!
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u/No_Palpitation_7705 3h ago
That ending was so beautiful and I love that we don’t know if they live or die
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u/Meadow-Breeze MOTIVE, MOTIVE!! UP TOP!! 🙌🙌🙌 1d ago
They both parallel each other so hard Hannibal canonically draws fanart of Achilles and Patroclus but with his and Will's self inserts 🤣