Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

29 reviews

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Cursing, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

whatisjordyreading's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

the art is gorgeous but the characters are flat/boring or unlikeable. i'm only rooting for & interested in Persephone & Psyche.
maybe it's greek mythology, maybe i don't know enough of it, or maybe it's maybelline but i'm not sure why Psyche and her family are so brown??? for context, i'm Black, and i love me some inclusion and diversity. but here, it feels like unnecessary inclusion of brown-skinned characters– unless all humans are brown in this retelling of greek mythology?? Rachel Smythe, maybe you can tell me why you chose (a lovely, rich shade of) brown for the humans, bc it feels tokenizing 😬 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Blood

lilybear3's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

The artwork is incredible! I love the color choices for the characters and how they look when put together (I don't know how to word that I like the aesthetic of when one character is next to another lol).  I'm still a novice in knowing Greek mythology, but I still enjoyed this book.  I appreciated the trigger warning page in the beginning of the book.  I'm excited to continue this series!

Random things:  the pages feel nice and smooth/shiny, however, I wish there were page numbers so I could track them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

eahoffm2's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Alcohol, Abandonment, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

ridesthesun's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

This series is so good so far; the art is gorgeous and the colors are stunning. I'm really excited to see what she does with this retelling!! Telling who's who is a biiiiit confusing, but I think I'll get more used to it as the series goes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Cursing

iamthelizardqueen's review

dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Interesting modern take on the traditional greek gods. Makes it slightly easier to understand whos connected to each other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

padawan17's review

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Cursing

faeriequeenlauren's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I was honestly surprised by how much I liked this. Handles difficult subject matter in a way in which characters behaviors have actual consequences and others call them out on their bullshit. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, Misogyny, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

lestie4short's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Cursing, Blood, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Sexual content

All depictions of blood are gold instead of red.