Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

91 reviews

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

nila's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism and Adult/minor relationship

shontellereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Excellent in every way. Natalie Haynes took a difficult concept of essentially short stories and weaves them into one. She does not stray from the gore and ruthless of Greek history, but her beautiful prose makes the hit easier.
My favourites were Penelope with her dry wit and Clytemnestra with her cunning vengeance. 
I laughed, I cried and wished for more for the women in history. Absolutely beautiful.
Now onto her backlog of books 😁

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, War, Blood, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

Yay for half stars! This was a really beautiful book of the women of the trojan war. Knowing little about Troy and not being so good with slower paced books I expected to be a little bored reading this, but fortunely I didn't find that to be the case

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sjchoe1234's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Violence, Suicide, and Sexual violence

gracebanks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

sarahjo142's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

If you love books like Circe or Song of Achilles, you will love this books. The jumping between characters makes the book so easy and quick to read, and flows together flawlessly. The tales of these women are inspiring and sad and heartwarming and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

hannahhansa's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Murder, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, and Gore

catkop's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Child death

graybat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

put me in a reading slump idk why 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship