Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

106 reviews

tashabasha1's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

i really liked this! i felt it was nice to see perspectives on greek myths from women’s points of view, from more well known and retold women (helen, medusa) as well as from lesser known and retold women (jocasta, phaedra)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

graciedeere's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.75

Pandora’s Jar is a fascinating, multi-perspective look at women in Greek Mythology. Natalie Haynes does an amazing job of bringing together multiple perspectives and telling of each woman’s story to provide a well-rounded account. The research is exhaustive. Each character comes to life. And when you reach the end of the book, you’re wishing there was more. 
Content not appropriate for kids, and some themes may be triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

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

melanieripple's review against another edition

funny informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

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

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