Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

48 reviews

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Physical abuse

krisalexcole's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Pedophilia

lilifane's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Short but impactful. A feminist retelling of Ovid's Pygmalion where Madeline Miller gives the female protagonist a name, a voice and agency.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Confinement, Pregnancy, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

copiani's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion and Body shaming

shayna14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this would get 5 stars if it was a little longer and expanded on what happened after the ending. 

more specifically, i would love to see what happened to pygmalion after he died in the realm of Hades, and if galatea would go to the underworld as well even though it seems that she turned back to stone. i'd imagine she had a soul because she lived for a time not being a statue and could think/speak for herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual content, Abortion, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

totsfions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Galatea was one of my favorite Greek myths as a child, although the version I was first introduced to differed wildly from the Ovid version that this retelling is a response to. Because it was so dear to me, the opening of this story had me very conflicted. The more it went one however, the more enveloped in this version I became. The relationship between Galatea and Paphos was moving. While I will always have a place in my heart for the version I grew up with, the power of this story cannot be denied, and I am glad to have read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical trauma, Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Excrement

atamano's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content

cassandra_burleson's review

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Excrement, Pregnancy, Abortion, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

naomi_k's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Medical content, and Pregnancy

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

Minor: Murder