Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

77 reviews

onefineelephant's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 8/10. Pretty gay. I know the story of Achilles pretty well which made all of the foreshadowing lines very nice. I didn't know how involved Thetis was in the story. I liked how Achilles, who could be easily seen as arrogant and haughty, was portrayed as a rounded person from Patroclus' point of view. Overall, I liked it but I wouldn't say it's an instant favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Outing, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

avacate9's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

julia_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

Gobsmacked. I haven’t read  a book like this in a long time, if ever. It manages to be so many things at once. Brutal and beautiful, sexy and gruesome, heartwarming and heartbreaking. The hype had me skeptical for the first few chapters but I quickly grew attached and can already tell these are characters that will live in me now long after reading. The plot was immaculate; executed to perfection with the reader’s  experience in mind at all times. It’s a work of genius, no exaggeration. And it is as sad as they say, but worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Blood, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Outing, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Self harm

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Blood, Classism, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Self harm, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

naomi_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Rape, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Murder, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Incest

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Kidnapping

thecurly1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

Ok this book is just beautiful. The writing is gorgeous I’m in love with this heart-aching story. I love Patroclus and Achilles. Slight warning not for the faint of heart, I ugly cried the ending is just, I can barely put it to words. I have always loved the concept and stories of Greek mythology and to find this book also being a such an immaculate love story along with it. Exploring love, companionship, beauty, what their wars were like, the mix of Gods and the importance of honour and fame was to all in this era. This book made me laugh, shriek, cry, and super pissed but also adore it. Such a roller coaster ride. I loved it so much and definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Rape, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Child death

Hated Thetis

Except for the end

Also hated Agamemnon, Pyrrhus. Loved Patroclus, Achilles, Brits, and Odysseus at the end <3

trycerabel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

cloudzz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

veronicats's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, War, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Medical content, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture