Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

46 reviews

maddyontheoffbeat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-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

5.0

I loved this book! It really made me think a lot, and I'm actually doing a poetry performance based off of it this year. It really reminded me of Circe by Madeline Miller, with the mythological aspects and the isolated-on-an-island thing. I feel like the main takeaway of this book was the erasing of mythological women and their roles in the hero's story, which makes my feminism go brrr. I was really disappointed in the character

Dionysus when he started doing all the weird cult shit. I knew her happiness wouldn't last, but I really wanted it too! Ultimately, men had only brought her pain and harm, and they were what ultimately caused her death. Also, I never thought that I would dislike Hera that much. Like, I get it, sis. Zeus is a terrible husband, and you're the goddess of marriage? What a blow. Don't take it out on the other women though, man. 

Read this! It deals with such complexities as abandonment, motherhood, sacrifice, and femininity. I really liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was so good as a myth retelling and as a contemporary feminist novel but oof this left me with absolutely no faith in humanity. TL;DR even nice guys commit war crimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

talvisotilas's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, Child death, Rape, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Incest, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cannibalism and War

mia_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

aargot1's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, and Blood

beckysrlyacat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Slavery, War, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gore

book_of_the_north's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

A beautiful tragedy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and War

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

emmhardt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I got very annoyed at the middle of the book because it felt like it was going to go nowhere but instead it did so much more like make me SAD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

main character dies

boo_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was so disappointing, and misleading. The only take away from this book was women's suffering at the hands of men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts