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junglejelly's review against another edition
4.75
Haynes explores various themes and arguments for each woman, linking a few of them together (it's Greek myth, everyone's related).
Not a full 5 stars for me as sometimes I felt I as the reader needed to know the myths better to understand some of the points Haynes made.
Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, Rape, Violence, Incest, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual violence
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Cannibalism
ivulikkivulik's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship
madetofly's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Incest, War, Infidelity, Rape, Murder, and Violence
karissabubble's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Child death, Rape, Suicide, Death, Incest, Kidnapping, and Sexism
berrybiaful's review against another edition
4.25
I really enjoyed this! I do exercise a bit of caution when delving into reads such as this one, in case the feminist takes were of the white feminist brand, but that wasn't the case here.
Natalie Haynes brilliantly dissects the myths in which these women were apart of and offers new perspectives of their characters. I especially enjoyed the chapters on Helen and Penelope.
However, I did feel as if she would digress in a few places and leave me forgetting what the main point was or how a certain tale related to the women she was talking about.
This was a good book to start of my 2023 reading year!
Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Incest, and War
Minor: Sexual violence and Rape
ashhearddwrites's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Incest, Rape, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, and Pedophilia
moonytoast's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, Infidelity, War, Violence, Suicide, and Murder
rbacon's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Murder, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Incest, and Death
scarlettoliver's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Moderate: Violence, Child death, Murder, and Death
Minor: War, Kidnapping, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Incest
kkalicky94's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, Suicide, War, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault