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Pandora'nın Küpü: Yunan Mitolojisinde Kadınlar by Natalie Haynes

98 reviews

madetofly's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Murder, and War

karissabubble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

It was a very informative read. It is a bit on the academic side, so I think this would be great for students as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

leanneymu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

A really interesting and accessible exploration of the women from Greek Myths. Although I know a little bit about Greek myths, it's a bit of a blind spot for me, and I found it very easy to follow the stories being discussed. If you know a lot about these stories, you might not enjoy it as much, but it really worked for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

berrybiaful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

4.25/5

I really enjoyed this! I do exercise a bit of caution when delving into reads such as this one, in case the feminist takes were of the white feminist brand, but that wasn't the case here. 

Natalie Haynes brilliantly dissects the myths in which these women were apart of and offers new perspectives of their characters. I especially enjoyed the chapters on Helen and Penelope. 

However, I did feel as if she would digress in a few places and leave me forgetting what the main point was or how a certain tale related to the women she was talking about. 

This was a good book to start of my 2023 reading year!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

ashhearddwrites's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

5.0

Loved! It includes both summaries and analysis of the myths, so accessible to readers less familiar with Greek mythology (and provided new details I didn't know). Only wish it included more of the images described/referenced but understand the logistical and copyright difficulties that would entail

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

moonytoast's review against another edition

4.25

RTC….. until then, support the HarperCollins Union strike!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and War

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this collection. What I knew about these women going in varied a lot, but all of the essays were thought-provoking and engaging. I also really liked Haynes's writing style, and the funny asides sprinkled in. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone interested in Greek mythology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and War

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and War

rbacon's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

Loved this! It goes into so much depth on commonly overlooked women in Greek mythology and just adds so much context and background to their characters. Women have always been in the centre of stories, but we seem to have forgotten it and written them out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War