Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

48 reviews

fireinherveinzz's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This made me so fuckin ragey for Medusa she deserved so much better. 
Athena is trash 
Men are trash . 
This wasn’t an original Medusa story like I thought or really her story which was frustrating just a recanting. 

I want a story from her POV now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

jadecareau's review

medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

ashareadsbooks's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

alexschrade's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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

3.25

I set this book aside for a good 2 months before deciding to finish it, because I found the writing style very confusing. This being said, when I did continue to read it, it all turned out quite logical and well-written in the end. I just wish the beginning wasn't this difficult to get through, other than that I thought it was a good book with a lot of food for thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

estelagf's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

oliveforestt's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Rape

mamalzie's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Infidelity, and Death

thewellbitch's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Retelling of the Medusa story but adjacent characters get plenty of focus as well. Very entertaining and interesting, and the author as narrator does an amazing job narrating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Death

sas_ram's review against another edition

3.75

So describe this story in a few words: victim-blaiming, multiple timelines/perspectivs that take away from Medusa, less focuse on Medusa than expected (it's just as much Athenas story as Medusa's), not that mythologically correct ending, makes the gods look almost human, Athena is egoistic as hell, you literally get to know more about Athenas character than Medusas, there are some parts that are much better in how it's written than most of the story. In general in just lacks depth.
It is a good read but definitly not one of the best retellings out there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, Death, Incest, Misogyny, and Blood

jessrapearce's review

I felt like it wasn’t really a book about Medusa, and I found most of the chapters were too short to give any sort of character development, leaving the writing quite flat. And although Natalie Haynes is praised for her ability to change the mood in every other page, I don’t think it is an attribute that I favoured thought this book. Mainly because I was never able to settle into a comfortable length of reading, where I was really engrossed in the book and what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

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