Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

103 reviews

bluedilly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Classism, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, and Homophobia

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

 It's always wyd and never "If I had words to speak such a thing, I would have. But there were none that seemed big enough for it, to hold that swelling truth." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

rori_ratsoma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad slow-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

My Roman Empire honestly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, War, Homophobia, and Violence

theashtree's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Slavery, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, Cursing, Deportation, Genocide, Gore, Sexual harassment, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

chelle22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Self harm

luwa963's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Slavery, Pregnancy, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Animal death, War, Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Medical content, Self harm, Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Death

kylarenea_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, War, Cursing, Infidelity, Child death, Death, and Violence

chaotic_corvid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

cried twice, loved the writing style amd the way that words from ancient greek were woven in, you can feel that the author has a lot of knowledge on the mythology and literature 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing

m_r3ads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Homophobia, and Medical content