Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ich, Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

46 reviews

milliewhattt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Incest, and Rape

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

ebergeron456's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? N/A

4.25

• All Ariadne was a well rounded out book and great to read. 
• Closer to the middle of Ariadne you get POV of her sister Phaedra. One thin I would have liked is if Jennifer Saint would have either delved further in Phaedras POV or have just left it as Ariadnes POV and make a second novel for her younger sister. As I would love to hear Jennifer Saints storytelling when it comes to Phaedra. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

_falieadeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Ariadne can be slow at points, though that may be because of the different perspectives. Which, while I enjoyed, I personally find it easier to get attached to one character's perspective. In saying that, the pace picks up, especially the last 100 or so pages which were impossible to not turn. Definitely recommended if you enjoy modern takes on mythology!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Gore, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Incest, Sexual content, and Rape

_bookishbrina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

TW: R*pe, suicide, emotional abuse, child neglect, child m*rder, sacrifice, misogynie, abandonment, blood. (It's not gory, more often than not, it is mentioned.)

This is the epitome of female powerlessness, female sacrifice, female hate, misogynie and thus resulting in female rage.

I've felt that rage, reading about Ariadne and Phaedra's decisions. I wanted to yell at the top of my lungs when I heard them making stupid decisions after stupid decisions for men. I prepared myself for the certainly upcoming deceptions that would follow their blind trust in the wrong people.

I've felt that sorrow at how they were treated, how motherhood is not a magical experience for all and how it's wielded as a shield to protect a perfect perfect little life.

And I wanted to cry at their death, the ultimate sacrifice they made. For men. Again. Their love is beyond measure, and their pain is infinite.

I did not know how to rate that book. I wanted to give it 0, because it's made be bitter and angry and why was it so unfair -

But... mythology is as it is: unfair.

Men before gods are powerless. And Gods are but petty children playing with toys. I've felt such a vast array of emotions, I cannot not give it 4/5. The book will haunt me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, and Rape

Minor: War

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gaslighting, Grief, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Incest

alicia_m_andrews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Animal death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Sexism, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Incest, and Physical abuse

clairew97's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

dummehure's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book means a lot to me. Retelling ancient stories from the women's perspective is such a heartbreaking and important task and I am thankful for all the different authors that have made it they're quest to show the world how terribly mistreated women have been for centuries. 
As an afab person I feel and understand the struggles that Ariadne and Phaedra face to a certain extent and it makes this book a very painful and heartbreaking read. 
I felt like the pacing was a little slow at times but I had a really good time reading this and especially the ending solidified that feeling. 
Generally I book that I would recommend to any lovers of ancient greek mythology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

magic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

It took me 7 hours and 21 minutes to read this over the course of three days (I took a  break part way through). This book is much like Cerci in its content and presentation, but deals with a very different set of Greek myths, and follows a mortal perspective throughout. For me the tragedy shines more so based on the emotional pain of the characters rather than the actions they see or experience (although that is one of the major cause of their trauma). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Abandonment, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity