Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

48 reviews

glen3's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Rape, and Abortion

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

arachan's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow, this carried a disproportionate punch for the length of the story.  A retelling of Galatea without Ovid's metaphors cluttering the brutal reality of the story.  Succinct, terse and wholly immersive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This book gave me an anxiety attack and because The Song of Achilles is written on the cover I thought it was about Achilles and Patroclus 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

rtaire's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Again, I love Madeline Miller's prose; it always captivates me. I liked this dark, feminist interpretation of the Galatea and Pygmalion myth. In some ways, it answers some unpleasant questions that always lingered in the back of my head when I heard the story of a man creating what he perceived to be the perfect woman and said woman coming to life -- like what of her agency and will? Quick read, that I highly recommend if you are in a place to handle the insidious implications that Miller explores.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Medical trauma

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

funmilayo's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Sexual harassment

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

This was a great short story. I think I would have wanted it to be slightly longer but Madeline Miller has always had such a captivating and descriptive writing style. I could read her shopping list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Death

slowly_dying_inside's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Body shaming, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

the_first_lines's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping, Death, Suicide, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting