Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Il canto di Calliope by Natalie Haynes

50 reviews

catkop's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Child death

racheltheduke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

She isn't a footnote. She's a person.

Natalie Haynes weaves a beautiful and emotional tale of women left behind in the mythos of the Trojan War. 
When Homer asks the muses to sing to him for inspiration for his next epic poem, Calliope tells him the stories of these women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

kiandrareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death

oliverlang's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional relaxing sad slow-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

5.0

I adored The Song of Achilles when I read it last year and this book picked up almost where that one left off, with a bit of an overlap and I loved every second of it. The two compliment eachother wonderfully despite being from different authors. I loved stepping back into that world.

Read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I love a good mythology retelling and this one is excellent. I thought I would find it jarring, jumping back and forth between so many different characters with so little time between them, but it works so well. And Haynes just renders each part of the war so heartbreaking. The strong points definitely revolve around the human women, with the parts about the goddesses being interesting and fun to read, but not nearly as compelling. I loved how the solemn nature of the book is broken with Penelope's wry humor in her letters to Odysseus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

fancygirlsreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Child death, and Blood

crgude511's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

taymariereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

barefootamy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Child death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Suicide

lottelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence