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Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

25 reviews

myarae's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

kylajaynebooks's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Rape, and Domestic abuse

emilypete17's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

mermaidsherbet's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Body shaming, Rape, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and War

hello_lovely13's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Biphobia, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

b_robinson's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I cannot form a single thought right now that isn't just absolute gibberish about how much I loved this. It was unbelievably good.

Poetry books can, understandably, be very hit and miss depending on the content and how/if I can connect to the poet and their message. And holy moley, let me tell you; this was 100% a hit pour moi. I feel like I can't even explain it, but it was just so good and it felt like the author reached out and touched my soul through words alone.

I'm just gonna mention some favourite pieces that I can't stop thinking about. They're the sort of things that you just need to marinate in and allow the wisdom to soak into you.
- Miscellaneous thoughts on love
- Queer girl overture
- Abridged things to let go if you want to be happy
- Personal reflections on gender

The reason I loved it so much is that for a lot of the time spent reading it, it felt like a gentle but persistent reminder about the fact that, yes, there's lots of change that needs to happen, but you can still orient your life around the things you love and find peace within yourself.

There was some pretty heavy stuff, either mentioned in passing or talked about with a bit more depth, and I really appreciated the very clear trigger warnings that were laid out at the start of the book. It's always nice knowing what you're about to dive straight into.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

librar_bee's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

A fresh take on the parallels between Greek mythology and modern poetry, Trista Mateer has created a conversation between Aphrodite and herself, a queer poet. Balanced with lovely color illustrations and photo edits, this book is a loud, bold assertion of femininity and sexuality in the women's own words.

Many of the poems followed a similar, repetitive structure that after a while felt redundant. However, Mateer is skilled at creating an impact in few words, a successful skill for any true poet. I'm excited to read more of Mateer's work and see where her creativity and talent takes her.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Emotional abuse, and Rape

halfelfschollar's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Aphrodite Made Me Do It is a mix of hard truths and self care. The whole time you are sympathising and seeing the authors pain and anger. At the same time you can find many of your own struggles depicted in the poems. 

I cried many times while reading this books. Tears of pain, joy, relief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, and Rape

mrcjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

narsere's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism