Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

57 reviews

oliviamich's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism

thebruce's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

amcaslow's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

cactusandtea's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

steph_sw's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

insertscenehere's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

ofclumsywords's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Another fantastic book by Natalie Haynes. Going into even more depth about women she had previously talked about in her book A Thousand Ships, while adding more women to the list of forgotten voices in Greek myths. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and War

sareidle's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.5

Haynes' voice shines through and strikes a balance between academic and entertaining. I learned a lot about the variance in Greek myths and how minor translation choices can make a huge difference in the audience's understanding of characters and motivation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

thewillowwood's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I am happily working my way through Natalie Haynes’s entire catalogue of writing, this book coming almost (library hold time notwithstanding) immediately after my finishing the audiobook for “A Thousand Ships” which i adored. Her narration is wonderful as well as her writing, she is funny, witty, and tells the story of these women with respect and from all angles. I highly recommend giving this a read, or a listen!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've been in a bit of a nonfiction slump lately, but this book shot right through that. I had to turn the speed down a bit because the author has an accent and all those Greek names are 😵‍💫 but gosh is it a great read.

I really don't know much about Greek myths, I never got into them much as a kid, but I have been reading a lot of retellings of Greek myths as an adult and love them, so it was great learning some of the background about those amazing female characters who have gotten screwed over by so many other narratives. The chapter on Madea is possibly The best--it's incredibly intense and emotionally powerful. But I also love the chapters on Medusa, Pandora, and the Amazons.

The author also has a great voice and sense of humor which made this audiobook all the more enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Xenophobia