Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes, Natalie Haynes

43 reviews

purplepenning's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Brilliant! Fascinating and funny. If you have any interest in the Greek myths, the modern novelized retellings (Circle, Ariadne, A Thousand Ships), or the application of feminine perspectives to scholarship of any kind you won't want to miss this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

haleybbauso's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I think I would really love to revisit this book in the future. I want to get a bit more accustomed and comfortable with the baseline greek myths and their stories before I dive deeper. That being said, I can already see the beauty in this text and I cannot wait to revisit it in the future with clear eyes and a higher educated mind. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and War

electrogrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

daisyvb's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Alt title: The Girl Bosses of Greek Mythology. In all seriousness, this was really fascinating and so well put together. Every story was incredibly interesting and I learnt so many nuances and new elements to myths I knew, and was then was educated on some I did not know. Despite some of the harrowing content, the humour and genuine passion in the author's voice made this a really easy read that I enjoyed picking up daily.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

wrensreads's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a fascinating insight into some of the most notorious women in Greek mythology. Haynes’ writing is engaging and witty, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Misogyny

lara_anne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Sexual assault

shazzea's review against another edition

informative

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Infidelity

It's greek mythology; sadly, sexual assault is almost guaranteed. It's not particularly graphic but it does show up a lot. The incest warning is for the Jocasta chapter (Jocasta's relationship with her son is what puts the 'Oedipus' in 'Oedipus Complex', though neither of them knew they were related at first).

oliverlang's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

elisetutt's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved learning new versions of famous women in greek myths and new women from myths I’ve never heard of. It was very interesting to see the changes made to these myths over time good and bad. These stories, especially Medusa’s story is still relevant to how women are in society today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Incest

flonergan's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence