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[wildestranger]

I have just finished reading The Persian Boy, and find myself suddenly overcome with grief over the death of Alexander the Great. Oh Mary Renault, the things you can do.

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[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Oh God, Alexander. HER Alexander. *weeps with you*

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I have a trilogy edition and ended up reading about 50 pages of Funeral Games, but then had to stop because I kept choking back tears rather than paying attention. And it's 02.45 in the morning here.

So naturally I came to the internet to look for solace (and porn) instead of going to sleep.

But oh, Alexander. I have never cared about him before and now I fear cannot ever stop caring.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

At least once he was dead he was with Hephaistion again? And Oxhead.

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Run, don't walk, to maryrenaultfics to find others who will commune with you in your grief. And yes, I'm a sobbing mess every time I finish The Persian Boy.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I cry every time too. I think I have read that book 20 times. I cry for Bagoas.

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

I really need to read that.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

The Persian Boy was the first of the trilogy I read, which explains, I think, why I prefer Bagoas to Hephaestion. And then I reread it about a dozen times!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

When I first read that book (my first Mary Renault), I had to stop at the end of nearly every chapter and lie back with one hand on my heart and the other arm flung over my eyes and just gasp at what I was feeling. Oh, that book.