Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

49 reviews

amyiris's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Body shaming, War, Incest, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

rmperash's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Bullying, Physical abuse, Incest, Alcoholism, Blood, Genocide, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

seeadarrah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

Beautiful prose; great audiobook performance. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Trafficking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Vomit, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death, Sexual harassment, War, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Colonisation

superstormnora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Glad I listened to it so I could hear the pronunciations of the names. 
It’s the classic heroine tale where she doesn’t end up happy but she fiercely protects those she loves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Blood, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

nehaanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

The retelling of female mythological characters is a delicate execution. This novel seeks to excavate the life and thoughts of one of the most ruthless women in Greek mythology, the wife of the ruthless king Agamemnon. This novel undertakes the retelling of Clytmnestra’s life from childhood to middle age as she rules in the absence of her husband during the famed Trojan War. This book is very similar to other feminist retelling of myths such as the novel Kaiyeki. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Cursing, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Incest, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, and Sexism

alice_underland's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book made me cry so much

I already knew the story of Clytemnestra going into it and Costanza Casati was able to bring so much more depth to the main character. 

Whether you’ve read the play and read a retelling or simply wanted to read about a complex and strong women character, look no further. Casanti does an amazing job of expanding on Clytenmstra’s life and of her family.
I looked forward to what books this amazing author had to bring.

I cannot state how much I cried, I normally rip through books in a day or two, but this book I had to put down and simply let my tears escape. Even before the tragedies occurred such as Iphigenia’s death i would weep. I felt like this book was written knowing that I would know what was to come and still rip the rug from beneath my feet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Confinement, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Toxic relationship, Murder, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Vomit

sallyelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, War, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Slavery

adayania's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Vomit, War, Blood, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Alcohol, Grief, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

nixxstorm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse