Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon

23 reviews

tlholmes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

normal_borlaug's review

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Rape

nassuada's review

dark emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

4.5

A really interesting read, particularly when the author covers how the life of women, enslaved people, and children were regarded in Rome. Her writing style really elevates the content and it reminded me of a true crime podcast (but one of the good ones where they actually respect the lives of the victims and don't just use them for entertainment value). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child abuse, and Abortion

panireads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.0

Maybe I am not the target audience for this book, but as I like reading history , especially classic history I expected to like it a lot. I was put off by the language used, and the ( an in my opinion unneccesary ) constant pop culture references.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, and Violence

simixfe's review

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Animal cruelty

ashhearddwrites's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, and Death

crlpedigo's review

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Murder, Rape, and Violence

bacchilles's review

dark funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

shelfofunread's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Suicide, and Murder

anneshamitha's review

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.75

I really liked this book. I love how it grounded Rome in the slave state that it was, and never lost sight of that. I also appreciated how she walked us through her sources, including those that conflict, instead of presenting a singular narrative as fact. Unfortunately, she tries way too hard to be cool. This almost turned me off entirely, but because the actual substance of the book was so good it kind of felt like rolling your eyes at a professor who tries to be too hip, but that you like anyway because you’re actually learning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Rape, War, Violence, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Classism, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Genocide