Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Ariadne: Princesa. Irmã de um monstro. Amante de deuses e heróis. by Jennifer Saint

384 reviews

mxbluet18's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Trigger warnings for Ariadne include: 
alcohol, animal death; assault, attempted murder; bestiality, blood and
bones; child death, childbirth, cults, death, gore, miscarriage (past); pregnancy, r🅰️pe, sexism, starvation,
su1cide and war.
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This book was slow, but very detailed and I quite enjoyed reading it, even if it took me the best part of 2 weeks to finish.
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It followed the story of Ariadne (probably not a huge surprise there). It follows her from childhood, detailing the events of her young life on Crete as a princess, to her and Phaedra meeting Theseus, and then Dionysus. 
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As with any story you'd find in Greek mythology, it is riddled with deaths, rape, sexism and misogyny and a whole lot of war and general violence, as that was the way of many of the society's in history.
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While I can enjoy the stories, I also take it with a pinch of salt because it's a work of fiction, and there are a lot of actions and events that were wrong and unacceptable with the standards of today's society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War

agathacrispie's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Rape

mafionn's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

rachelcox's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm sad to say that I didn't enjoy this book.  I love Greek mythology, so I was really looking forward to reading this, but unfortunately, I think this book is really boring.  There are some things that are interesting, but they don't save the overall story from being pretty dull.  There are also quite a few places in the book where the language and the way it's written is so flowery to the point where it feels forced and pretentious.  I really wanted to love this book, which makes it worse because I'm just left feeling disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape, Death of parent

little_lida's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent

blueberry_bean's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy

Minor: Violence

blkbookbae's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, War

Minor: Rape

clairew97's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

babymoomoocow's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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This is a fun book! I enjoyed it. If you liked Circe by Madeline Miller, this is definitely for you. It’s heavy in a similar way. But also fun and enjoyable in the same way too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

schang's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape